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[beariot]

Name: Ursula Callistis
Date: Octeuril 3
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Hello, everyone! I'll try to make this brief, as typing on these things can be a bit of a pain. [ but god help her if she did anything that put her face out there to more people than she was comfortable with... ]

My name is Ursula Callistis, and back home I was a teacher. Now as I'm sure you've all noticed, or at least heard, refugees from Dorchacht have come into this city. Some of you have been volunteering to build their shelters, but I had noticed there was an un-assigned building, and I've sort of taken it over as a space for them, but not as living space.

You see, a lot of the refugees are kids. Orphans, even. And I am going to convert that space into a classroom. The Coven has already agreed to help me with supplies and costs, so there's no worries there, but while I am an experienced educator, I'm still only one woman.

So! That's where you all come in! I'm looking for some volunteers to help take up some of the class schedule. Just let me know if you have any experience, what basic subjects you're willing to teach, and we can go from there!

And, just so it's clear, I appreciate any help at all, even if you're not taking on a class subject. These kids are really depending on us. So. Thank you.

Comments

[omnicrafter]

Very true. I may complain about my family, but I still think I was fortunate to actually have one at all... It must be hard not to.

But kids look up to their teachers too, right? So perhaps we can sort of assume the place of family for them where no one else has.

[beariot]

Well, I don't want to over-extend my reach there. I think focusing on being a good teacher should be fine.

[omnicrafter]

Well, true... It might be sort of nice, though. Or perhaps that's just me wanting to adopt them all, circumstances be damned.

(No, I won't actually adopt them all, I promise.)

[beariot]

Well, either way, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Adoption's being handled by the Coven, anyways, I think.

How much of your time were you willing to offer?

[omnicrafter]

Yes, mom.

Umm... maybe two or three days a week to start? I've no idea how frequent these things are supposed to be...

[beariot]

Well, I'm attempting to keep this to a fairly average schedule. Five days a week, late morning to early afternoon sort of thing.

[omnicrafter]

Is that the usual, then? I feel like three days would be good for spacing everything out so it doesn't get stale... I don't know, I've never taught a formal class before, just some miscellaneous tutelage for people here and there.

Ooh, mornings, though... Sounds like I'm going to have to take great pains to readjust my waking hours.

[beariot]

It doesn't have to be in the morning. And three days is fine! Honestly even if all you could give was a single hour a week, I'd still be grateful.

[omnicrafter]

Oh... that'd be good. My race is nocturnal by nature, you see, so mornings are... difficult, to put it lightly.

We'll go with that, then. I can start accumulating my own supplies and just dig into them for lessons and such, depending on what I can get my hands on that's child-friendly.

Are some of them, at least, old enough to work with needles?

[beariot]

Well some of them might have struggles with those because of their nature as monsters. Different types of hands and all.

[omnicrafter]

Oh, I wasn't aware they were monsters. I only just got here, so I'm not... fully informed on recent happenings, I suppose. I've only heard things here and there.

Not a problem, though! I'll just have to think of things that even oddly-shaped hands can do. So nothing that requires extreme precision like needlepoint...

[beariot]

Try to think less on finding the lowest common denominator between the students and instead just be prepared for some personalized forms of self-expression.

When I teach, it's hard not to notice some students pick up material at a different rate than others. Rather than slowing the whole thing down, I instead give particular attention to those that might need to approach the lessons from a different perspective.

[omnicrafter]

Ah... that is good advice, yes. Perhaps I need to stop overthinking it and just see how it goes first...

You must be a teacher by trade, then, I take it?

[beariot]

Professor of Astrology at Luna Nova Academy for Witches, specifically.

[omnicrafter]

Ooh... Probably not the type of astrologian I am familiar with, but interesting nonetheless. Unless there is a particular significance behind the power of the stars to witches?

[beariot]

Well cosmic energy has a lot of uses in magic, to be sure, but I suppose the most common application is divination.

[omnicrafter]

Ah, yes, that I have also heard. The astrologians I have met have all used cards along with their star chart readings... at least, the ones who followed Sharlayan astrology. I've been tempted to ask a friend of mine how it works, but I'm a little afraid it'll turn into a long and winding lecture.

[beariot]

Oh I definitely could talk your ear off if you let me. But if you ever feel like learning the stars of this world, I can help!