Post by harlow rae revey on Jun 25, 2013 18:45:11 GMT -6
| [atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 460px; background-image: url(http://i44.tinypic.com/34fb0ns.jpg);-moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; border: 4px ridge #9c5f5b, bTable][tr][cs=2] jillian beth levi. 32. potions professor. acacia, black chocobo feather, 12 inches, pliant. Pink. | |
[rs=2] | My birthday is March 3rd, 1990. I am a hetrosexual. At the beginning of every school year, a first year asks me if I'm actually the Potions Master. Never has it offended me. For them to ask me that question, they only notice a few things about me. I must look pretty young, since some even ask me if I'm a seventh year filling in. They must also see me as so unprofessionally fun that I can't possibly be a drab teacher. I can tell you, I don't look like a professor. If anything, probably Divination or Astronomy, since that's just how I look, and its a stereotype that those subjects are taught by people like me. Its not always true, just look at Kiver. But I don't look like I should teach potions. Platinum blonde hair that stands on end, with various tattoos and a nose piercing isn't what most people imagine when they think "potions master." Most imagine a male, probably older than myself. He might be a little round, or maybe a slim, slender-like man. With or without hair, but not a blonde as these locks. On occasion, I wear quite a bit of jewelry, mostly wooden, on my hands a fingers. They usually go with my outrageous but sophisticated clothing choices. Among my favourite tattoos I have gotten over the years, I have a dragon on my left thigh. I find them to be extremely fascinating creatures, with a beautiful shape. I also have "what does around, comes around." tattooed on my forearm. I have various ancient Asian wizarding phrases to live by, and a heart tattoo from my early days on my hip. I traveled around the world, searching for new magic, and things to catch my interest. I had been troubled when I left Hogwarts. I have aced all my NEWTS, as always, so I could have gone almost anywhere. I just went out into the world, looking for something that might open my eyes. There had been a period where I thought I would travel forever. I honestly wouldn't have minded it, the world is nice out there. It wasn't until I was in rural Africa did I realize that teaching was my calling. I was helping in a wizarding village with many children. They wanted to know how to make a simple cure for boils, as they had had some poisonous plant issues. I taught them so perfectly that I realized it was for me. I finished my travels and returned to Hogwarts as a Professor's aid, and 4 years later, became the potions professor myself. I am a half-blood, so I got the best of both worlds. The same head-start as the others, and the knowledge of magic-less skills. I excelled at cooking, which is, in a way, related to potion brewing.I have been teaching as the potions master since I was 26. My first batch of first years are in year 7 now, and I will miss them. I genuinely care about my students. They are like my own children, if I had any. I can see the potential in every one of them. It isn't always in potion making, or even magic. It could be leadership, or optimism. I always attempt to bring it out of them. Some people say I'm clumsy. I am I guess. I knock things over, and run into doors, and trip over my own feet. Usually I embarrass myself by doing it in front of people, or classes. I embarrass myself in front of classes and other professors often actually. I am actually quite absent-minded. I have a ridiculous short-term memory. Everything goes threw one ear and out the other. People tell me I'm half "blonde." The other half is a surprising intelligence rarely seen. I am actually very smart. Some say, while its functioning, it tends to get intimidating. When I'm being serious, my true brains come out. I can recall almost any potion recipe, and if not the recipe word for word, the ingredients at least. This half of my brain tends to surprise people, since they are used to seeing the fun, clumsy, and brainless side of me. Sometimes it hurts to think that people who only know me for a brief moment may think I'm a talking doorknob (which I have encountered) and not the woman I pride myself in being. I also pride myself as being funny. I can be mature and make even professors laugh, or swing down to teenager's minds and use their humor. I can make quite a few people laugh. I was the class clown back in Hogwarts, when I was a silly little Gryffindor. I have never taken interest to men. They just aren't a priority to me. I am attracted to them but I just don't see the point for one. I have all the company I need teaching. Colleagues that are like my brother's and sister's I never had. Students like my children. What more do you need. |
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