Professor DiAnna Diaz
September 02, 2011 1:28 PM
Intermediate Divination: Truth (3rd - 5th years) Part One by Professor DiAnna Diaz
“Hello, everyone,” DiAnna greeted the intermediate class of third, fourth and fifth year students from her usual place at the front of the classroom, in her usual garb of mostly black; today she’d adorned her outfit with a scarlet patent belt, but its solitary colorful presence was not sufficient to make much of an impact. “I realize you’ve all just gotten comfortable, but I want you to stand up again, push the middle desks out to the sides, and stand in a circle in the of the room.” For the next few minutes there was light chaos as desks and chairs were shuffled, and the group of teenagers stood more or less in a circle in the space that had been created. “Wonderful,” DiAnna assessed as she moved to join them in the circle, gently edging her way in between two of the other students (and thankful for her huge heeled boots that at least put her around average height in the current class).“We’re going to start the class today with a short exercise about communication. Specifically, about truth and lies. When using Divination, you may occasionally have to reveal certain truths that you would much rather keep hidden. Sometimes this is something about ourselves that we don’t want to acknowledge, and sometimes this is something that we don’t want to have to tell someone else.” She was sure the students could each come up with their own scenarios, so she didn’t bother to provide an example – original thinking was to be encouraged, not stifled, in her opinion. “However, you have a responsibility here - not telling the truth might not really be an option, so you might have to engage in tact. Or, if appropriate, decide how much you want to reveal.” Once again, she believed the students were following her, so it was time to introduce the activity.
“That leads us to the point of this exercise. You are all going to tell two truths to the person next to you – one is something good about them, and the other is something not so good. For example, I might say to Professor Fawcett, 'I believe you are very knowledgeable, and I find this to be impressive. I also believe you are surprisingly socially inept for someone who has spent so long studying sociology'.” She smiled a little, confident that none of the students would be so bold as to pass her comments along (and almost as sure that John wouldn’t mind it if they did). “You get the idea? So we’ll start with you,” she pointed to the person directly to her left, “telling me those two truths, and work clockwise round the circle.” In other words, a student would speak first, and then be spoken to. “Remember to be honest, because otherwise this exercise will be pointless.” She turned to the unlucky student who had to be honest to professor about her faults, and smiled. “Whenever you’re ready.”
(OOC: Part Two will be posted in a few days, so get your replied in to Part One Quickly! Site rules apply as usual.)
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