Sunday's YPL event
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alt_umbridgeDear students,
I am excited to announce that we will be gathering for a very pleasant little workshop this coming Sunday. This is something that has been quite some time in the planning, though we’ve done our very best, as the YPL committee, to bring it in the best possible alignment with the goals of the programme.
On Sunday, I am sure you will join me in enthusiastically welcoming a number of authors to Hogwarts. During our time together, we will be listening to them discuss the process of writing, the responsibilities in reaching out to the Protectorate through their words, and other topics related to their books. At the end, we will discuss the most exciting project, a chance for those of you who favour writing and the arts to glorify Our Lord’s goals and priorities.
So that you can reread any particular favourites, or brush up on them in advance, I wanted to let you know that we will be hearing from the following authors, who have graciously offered up their time.
1) Claudius Shore, author of Playing for Keeps: The Pastimes of the Most Powerful Wizards. A little bit frivolous, perhaps, but with some interesting history about the development of sport and amusements.
2) Julius Hornbeck, who wrote Parchment Perfect: The Art of Report Writing, a work I commend to all of you to improve the organisation of your writing and essays.
3) Quercus Edmonds, who wrote The Transfiguration of Stress, an excellent guide to navigating through those passing challenging moments in our otherwise glorious days.
4) Lena McCord, author of Elation, with all sorts of teensy amusements in Charms class. Mrs McCord remembers her own Hogwarts years very fondly - so much so she just had to set a book here - and she is delighted to be returning for a visit.
We will begin with an initial panel discussion, followed by an opportunity for groups to circulate through each writer and hear more about their process in detail. We will then gather for the exciting announcement about ways each and every one of you can demonstrate your loyalty to the Protectorate.
I am excited to announce that we will be gathering for a very pleasant little workshop this coming Sunday. This is something that has been quite some time in the planning, though we’ve done our very best, as the YPL committee, to bring it in the best possible alignment with the goals of the programme.
On Sunday, I am sure you will join me in enthusiastically welcoming a number of authors to Hogwarts. During our time together, we will be listening to them discuss the process of writing, the responsibilities in reaching out to the Protectorate through their words, and other topics related to their books. At the end, we will discuss the most exciting project, a chance for those of you who favour writing and the arts to glorify Our Lord’s goals and priorities.
So that you can reread any particular favourites, or brush up on them in advance, I wanted to let you know that we will be hearing from the following authors, who have graciously offered up their time.
1) Claudius Shore, author of Playing for Keeps: The Pastimes of the Most Powerful Wizards. A little bit frivolous, perhaps, but with some interesting history about the development of sport and amusements.
2) Julius Hornbeck, who wrote Parchment Perfect: The Art of Report Writing, a work I commend to all of you to improve the organisation of your writing and essays.
3) Quercus Edmonds, who wrote The Transfiguration of Stress, an excellent guide to navigating through those passing challenging moments in our otherwise glorious days.
4) Lena McCord, author of Elation, with all sorts of teensy amusements in Charms class. Mrs McCord remembers her own Hogwarts years very fondly - so much so she just had to set a book here - and she is delighted to be returning for a visit.
We will begin with an initial panel discussion, followed by an opportunity for groups to circulate through each writer and hear more about their process in detail. We will then gather for the exciting announcement about ways each and every one of you can demonstrate your loyalty to the Protectorate.
Private message to Aurora Sinistra
Date: 2013-03-08 01:13 am (UTC)I suppose Pure Hunger and Charmless and the like are reasonably harmless frivolities, and Miss Morgansen and Miss Cuthington might be entertaining to some. And Pinchley’s book at least involves some history. But I cannot imagine why you thought Endrim Park would be a suitable choice. I only had to look at a page or two of his White With Blood to realise how mercilessly vicious and entirely inappropriate it was for anyone, never mind young people.
I know you will agree with me that we must not miss any possible opportunity to model the best possible behavior, and this presentation is simply one among many.
On that note, I do wish you’d join us more regularly for breakfast, dear. I know you’ve explained your hours, but I’m sure you could find some solution if you just worked a teensy bit more diligently at it. And it sets such an example for the students.
I did have one trifling related question. I understand from the house-elves that you’re no longer requesting breakfast from them at all, due to my little instructions. I do hope there’s nothing I should be aware of, dear, that might affect your teaching. I couldn’t help but notice you’d been in to see dear Poppy recently, and you seemed a little startled when you came out.
Re: Private message to Aurora Sinistra
Date: 2013-03-08 02:39 am (UTC)We are sometimes called on to give up things others enjoy as part of our service to higher goals. For me, that includes being in the Great Hall for breakfast. It is such a small thing - in comparison to the larger goals of learning and understanding - that I find it no hardship at all.
As you note yourself, my classes run into the darkest part of the night, and I have been advised by the most reliable Healers that sleep is even more important than a shared meal or convivial conversation in creating a foundation for long-term health. Alas, a full night's sleep is simply impossible if I teach until one, and then must be at breakfast at eight.
As to the elves, no, nothing at all wrong. I simply haven't been hungry in the mornings.
Private message to Marston Strangeweale and Latimer Caldwell
Date: 2013-03-08 01:36 am (UTC)The letters themselves are quite informative. There’s the usual run of banal trivialities, and foolish family news. But there’s more than a few hints worth pursuing. I’m quite honestly surprised that MLE hasn’t acted on more of them. More than that, though, it is such a clear insight into how misguided and hopeless so many of the parents. They put the emphasis in entirely the wrong places, encouraging those things that will not assist in a proper and disciplined life.
Regarding staff mail: thus far, everything to Antonin and Rabastan has come through with the Ouroborous seal: I have not touched those, but surely, Marston, there is not that much communication from Court. And I am quite certain that a couple of those looked like magazine subscriptions, which makes no sense at all.
Aurora’s mail is less protected, and also curious. Surely no one really spends fifteen pages talking about an article someone else has written? (I passed a copy back to MLE - it’s entirely unsigned, and I’m sure it must mean something beyond the surface.) The other was a letter from her Guild Master, all in German, though at least translation charms served there. Honestly, foreigners. And then tosh from her family - I extracted the baked goods, but let the letters and some trivial items through.
I’ve naturally paid less attention to the mail of those who are clearly supporting my programme of reform and encouragement. But it is rather curious to see the patterns of correspondance, even in this brief span of time. Extremely illuminating, who gets written to and who doesn’t.
I’m particularly interested in the guardians of fostered students. It is a trifle too early to tell, but I see fewer of them writing than parents. Really, the guardians ought to be working harder to guide the children in their care in the proper ways, in the hopes of redeeming something from such poor stock. And the children themselves really ought to be required to write their guardians, so as to keep them apprised of the progress of their investment int he future of the Protectorate.
At any rate, I'll look forward to meeting with you both next Tuesday afternoon. And if Whitacre is free for half an hour to talk about the budget for the summer, I suppose we could accommodate him.
In His Service,
Dolores
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Date: 2013-03-09 12:08 am (UTC)