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.
Re: Private message to Cedric Diggory
Date: 2012-10-17 05:51 pm (UTC)I don't think we'll be doing anything that would need protective containment wards. Unless we want to keep the cloth warded against outside influences before we finish it, but that's easy enough to do with temporary wards.
Thanks for the offer of space and the tea against the cold!
Re: Private message to Cedric Diggory
Date: 2012-10-17 05:54 pm (UTC)And I wasn't thinking containment wards - though if you decide you need them and want a hand, I'm glad to help - but my own locking ones. (Well. We've been through the discussion of why I ward the tower these days. No point revisiting the unpleasant history.)
On the space and tea, well. No need to send Madam Pomfrey unnecessary work. For all sorts of reasons.
Re: Private message to Cedric Diggory
Date: 2012-10-18 12:18 pm (UTC)Harry didn't say but I guess his mudblood should also be included.
Thank you again for the room and bringing it to the staff.
Re: Private message to Cedric Diggory
Date: 2012-10-18 02:08 pm (UTC)I had a look at the room last night, and cleared some things into the corners: you've several good size tables to work with, a few old chairs, and there's an old blackboard in there, too. (If you all are up for it, an hour helping me rearrange it when you're done would be lovely - it'd be easier to sort through things with more than one wand available.)
On the wards, I was planning to use handwriting samples to set them, but I'd need something from Harry's Granger. (Just her name, in her own handwriting, is enough. I won't see him in class till next week, so do you want to ask him to send her up with something this evening?)
On the rest, let me just wake up a tad more, and then I'll go up to the classroom and dig out handwriting for the rest of you. We've class at 11 anyway, so can you come up beforehand, and I'll set everything up and show you how they work? Or we can take a couple of minutes before going down to lunch.