A few upcoming reminders
Oct. 17th, 2012 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_sinistra2nd years: I’m seeing some persistent difficulties and confusions in the chartwork the Gryffindors and Slytherins turned in on Monday. Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws: please do the best you can with the assignment due Friday, but come to the midnight session Thursday night prepared to discuss your questions and turn your work in (since there’s no real time for you to any more work on it before our lecture Friday morning.)
I won’t count this assignment toward your end of term marks as long as you make a good faith effort at it. We’ll sort the confusion out and try again with the next one.
Meteors: The Orionids peak this Saturday for those who need to do observing. I’ll have the tower open Thursday evening until midnight class, Sunday evening until curfew and Monday evening until midnight class. If you’d like to be on the permission lists to be out after curfew, please let me know which day as soon as possible.
I have other commitments between supper and class on Friday night, and on Saturday, but several of my 7th years have kindly offered to open up the top of the tower until curfew if the weather’s clear. They’ll post a note in the usual places if it isn’t.
One schedule change: Due to the quarterly Astronomy guild meeting, I will not have office hours on Monday, the 29th. I will instead be available Tuesday afternoon (the 30th) from 1-3, and again from 7-9.
6th, and 7th years: Related to the above, this meeting is an excellent time for me to start talking to other astronomers about summer internships and upcoming positions. If you’re potentially interested, do talk to me by the 28th so I’m up to date on your likely availability and interests, and can remind myself of your other NEWT subjects.
I won’t count this assignment toward your end of term marks as long as you make a good faith effort at it. We’ll sort the confusion out and try again with the next one.
Meteors: The Orionids peak this Saturday for those who need to do observing. I’ll have the tower open Thursday evening until midnight class, Sunday evening until curfew and Monday evening until midnight class. If you’d like to be on the permission lists to be out after curfew, please let me know which day as soon as possible.
I have other commitments between supper and class on Friday night, and on Saturday, but several of my 7th years have kindly offered to open up the top of the tower until curfew if the weather’s clear. They’ll post a note in the usual places if it isn’t.
One schedule change: Due to the quarterly Astronomy guild meeting, I will not have office hours on Monday, the 29th. I will instead be available Tuesday afternoon (the 30th) from 1-3, and again from 7-9.
6th, and 7th years: Related to the above, this meeting is an excellent time for me to start talking to other astronomers about summer internships and upcoming positions. If you’re potentially interested, do talk to me by the 28th so I’m up to date on your likely availability and interests, and can remind myself of your other NEWT subjects.
Private message to Raz
Date: 2012-10-17 03:23 pm (UTC)1) Do you want to go in with me and the rest of my siblings on our present to Dad, or would that feel too odd? Truly your choice: either would be fine by the rest of us. Storm’s working on a new desk and filing cabinet for his study: the rest of us are chipping in for materials, a comfortable desk chair, maybe a new side chair, and a few other things.
Mum insists he isn’t expecting presents, but, well. Dad. And we love him and want to remind him of that fact.
2) I had a very brief conversation yesterday with Tamsin Overby - she runs the Archetype - about whether I would consider buying into a share of the owning collective. It’d be out of my savings and I’m all right with the number she named, but I
sort of feel like Iwant to talk it through with you. Obviously, not going to make any sort of decision without looking at the details thoroughly. (I am Dad’s daughter.)3) Toshenka nudged me a few weeks ago to consider licensing the projection process: I haven’t followed up, but I keep coming back to thinking about it.
Otherwise - you thought about what you want to do Saturday night and Sunday? Much more pleasant subject, that! (Mostly, I care about what robes I should pack - whatever we do together will be lovely.) We’re all set for the actual appointments Saturday, too.
Won't be at lunch, but I'll see you at supper and the staff meeting. I’m going to need to peel off up here after, though - the 2nd years have gotten totally turned around, and I want to spread the charts out and see if I can track down all the seeds of the problem. You’re welcome to come up if you want, though.
Re: Private message to Raz
Date: 2012-10-18 06:46 pm (UTC)Apparently, Irma's found an interesting reference to a chastity charm that backfired badly (cast on a female student, by her parents, without her consent), which lead to some rather troubling results (they couldn't be even a foot apart, had to leave school entirely.) I'll get more of the details out of Irma, anyway.
I mention for the obvious reasons, in case you need a little persuasion for your brother about the complexities of some kinds of interactions with the castle magics.