Muggle Studies: Lesson 2 (All Years)

[[OOC: Sorry the post is long; the only important part is the last two paragraphs.]]

At the sight of Mathew putting on the gloves, Blake made it an explicit point to neither glance his way or falter in any means, instead smiling and greeting the other students that arrived. Mathew was not stupid, not by a long shot, and Blake was calling on his training to maintain his cover as a bumbling idiotic Professor that talked too much and posed no threat.

As he started the lesson, he was surprised to find Stephanie the first to answer; as a Pureblood (and a Richardson) it was both interesting and amusing to him that she not only attended his classes but seemed somewhat interested in them.

He nodded at her answer. "Good. Five points for that," he said. "In addition to that, though, they do have identification cards for certain jobs, just like anywhere would, really, and so that can be used for idenfitication. But those can be easily faked -- I know of people who used fake identification to buy things; of course, they eventually got caught which is why we know about them, but they got away at the point of using it -- and so not entirely trustworthy. The wand is still the best way."

What he didn't add was that wands could also be easily obtained. For example, the wand he had on him was not technically his; it wasn't the one he used on a daily basis when he wasn't being someone else. It was one specifically used for his undercover jobs so that, should anyone somehow get a hold of his wand, it would only register to 'Blake Mason, professor'.

Then Mathew began to answer, and Blake, for the first time, acknoweldged him properly besides the original greeting, turning his attention to him. Not allowing his eyes to travel to the gloves, he nodded at the answers given. "Ten points for that full answer," he said, when the Hufflepuff had ended. "That's very well done."

"Thank you for your honesty, Elleon," he added, as the other Hufflepuff went on. "Take five points."

He paused, giving away no signs of concern or anything other than being pleased with what had been said, and then said to the class, "As Mathew has pointed out the Muggle system seems to be more foolproof than that of us wizarding folk; they do, after all, have more than two means of finding out who someone is. Around the world -- and each country has a different system, but it works more or less the same -- people are issued ID cards, called different things, that have a specific number to them. If you think about it, it's kinda like mumbering the sheep in a flock, but in a way that seems more humane. If you lose your card, you could get in trouble. There are also passports that people need in order to travel between countries so they can keep tabs on who is going where."

Blake shrugged. "And yet identity theft is easy, as Mathew has also pointed out. Things can be faked if you know the right people and there are people out there who can change your face through surgery -- they cut your face and other parts open and put stuff in or take stuff out when you're passed out and can't feel anything."

Motioning to the packs on their table, Blake said, "Today's lesson is easy; we will be exploring the methods of collecting fingerprints. Now, fingerprints are unique, meaning there are no two people in the world who have the same ones, so your fingerprints are your own. They are also hard to match; only experts can truly tell if two prints match or not, considering they smudge easily. Now, Mathew is right; you should be careful about giving your fingerprints out willingly to strangers. But this is a classroom and I'm a Professor, and you're children. What could I do with your fingerprints? Unless you're in WITSEC or something -- if you don't know what that means, you're not in it, don't worry -- I see no harm in this. I wouldn't make this your classwork if it wasn't safe. After all, your safety is my priority as your Professor."

"Your classwork for today is to 'print' yourself. Both hands, all fingers. When you're done, try and look closely at them. See the lines and whatnot. If you want you can compare your fingerprints with your friends. Try and get them to be as clear as possible on your paper. Then, write your name on top and hand it in."

Thank you to those who have posted in this class - unfortunately the professor cannot finish up the class, so an admin will close it. Points will be given as follows:

10 points for attendance
5 points for any question being answered
Up to 15 points for participation

Thank you for your participation - this will still count as one of your three classes.

If you have any questions in regards to the points being handed out (either as a student or professor) please contact myself or another admin via PM to discuss them.

House Points
Sophie Heart = 10 points for attendance
Elleon Caverly = 10 points for attendance + 5 points for answer = 15 points.
Joshua Abbott = 10 points for attendance + 10 points for homework = 20 points.
Julienne Ambrosi = 10 points for attendance
Mathew Howard = 10 points for attendance + 10 points for answer = 20 points.
Avalon Anderson-McCarrel = 10 points for attendance
Wesley Tonkov = 10 points for attendance + 5 points for participation = 15 points.
Stephanie Richardson = 10 points for attendance + 5 points for answer = 15 points.

TOTAL:
Gryffindor: 10
Hufflepuff: 65
Ravenclaw: 25
Slytherin: 15