Hogwarts was, until very recently, the 100-percent fictional boarding school in J.K. Rowling’s popular “Harry Potter” books. But thanks to an untold horde of would-be wizards, Hogwarts is now — if not exactly “real” — then something approximating it.
Hogwarts Is Here is the newly launched, fantastically elaborate brainchild of 24-year-old Web developer Keith Cardin, and it’s essentially a volunteer-run MOOC (massive open online course) for Muggles who wish Potions and History of Magic were actual academic pursuits.
When you enroll and receive your electronic owl — “Due to the increasing use of technology of Muggle-born students, Hogwarts is introducing a new digital interface,” it explains — you’re instructed to sign up for seven nine-week courses. There are actual syllabi. And textbooks. And graded assignments. My first essay for Defense Against the Dark Arts, in which madami than 16,000 students are currently enrolled, requested a two- to five-paragraph essay on “why defensive magic is important.” I can’t even view the segundo lesson, “Simple Standard Spells,” because I haven’t naisumite the first essay yet.
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All of this obviously begs the question: Why, in Dumbledore’s name, would I or anyone else write an essay on a thing that does not exist?
Easy, says Kelli Cleveland — in real life, a 17-year-old high school junior from Nebraska, and on Hogwarts Is Here, a first-year Ravenclaw. She’s enrolled in all seven courses and has completed every posted assignment thus far. Sometimes they take longer than her actual homework. She recently wrote a three-page essay for Potions class.
“For fans that have loved HP for years this is a dream come true,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Ever since I read the first book, I have wanted my letter to come … When I turned 11 and my letter didn’t come it was sad. Now I can go to Hogwarts and study the lesson I read about and loved.”
Plus, she adds, “it’s just fun.”
Many, many people apparently agree with her. Since Hogwarts Is Here launched, madami than 62,000 students have signed up, Cardin says. madami than a quarter are in that Defense Against Dark Arts Class I signed up for, with Professor “Lillian Mae.” Lillian, whose real name is Kristen, is a 21-year-old Florida college student studying theater disensyo and teaching. She spends “a few hours” Pagsulat a new class lesson each week. On tuktok of that, she grades student assignments with the help of a dozen teaching assistants and sagot e-mails from a class with madami students than some actual colleges.
“I usually spend any free time I have working on the course and the site,” she said. “It’s fun, though, and that’s why I don’t mind the hours.”
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But the fun of “going” to Hogwarts doesn’t exactly ameliorate the conceptual weirdness of it. We are all familiar with other extravagant expressions of fandom: tagahanga fiction, costumed conventions, even sports’ pantasiya leagues — but those are, for the most part, all in good fun. Hogwarts classes are work. Work that ultimately goes nowhere. It echoes a critique the psychiatrist Drew Ramsey made of fandom last October: fan’s passions are problematic, he told Vulture, because they offer “no chance of rewards.”
That doesn’t sit well with Katherine Larsen, a professor of tagahanga studies at George Washington University, co-author of the book “Fangasm,” and a devoted Supernatural fan. Research suggests plenty of concrete rewards for fandom, she notes, from identity and social group formation to feelings of pleasure and belonging. (Kristen, the HIH professor, is also quick to point out that her class teaches creative writing, critical thinking and research — “skills you can apply in the real world!”)
Every semester in her tagahanga studies class, Larsen kicks off the course sa pamamagitan ng assigning an essay called “Fandom as Pathology.” It runs through all the classic stereotypes and criticisms of fans: They’re too invested, they’re loners, they’re hysterical — they are, in other words, fanatics. Then the essay switches gears and analyzes academics. Frequently, they engage in the exact same behaviors as fans: the obsessive research, the constant fixation, the devotion of endless hours (and dollars!) to the subject of study.
“The only difference is the object of interest,” Larsen sinabi sa pamamagitan ng phone from Chicago, where she’s attending a national convention of academics in pop culture. “It’s fine to memorize and quote Shakespeare. But it’s not fine to quote a ‘Star Wars’ episode. The discomfort arises from the object of fandom itself … from a belief that some subjects are somehow madami edifying.”
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And it’s not just that some subjects are madami edifying. Consider the different attitudes toward, say, an obsessive football tagahanga and a 17-year-old girl enrolled in every class on HIH. It’s okay, even cool, for the football tagahanga to paint his entire body in team colors, memorize the stats and life story of every player, spend hours online perfecting his pantasiya — think about that, pantasiya — team. But spending 45 minutos on a Potions essay? The knee-jerk response is “get a life.”
That’s because, Larsen says, “Harry Potter” is seen as childish, often feminine. And across the pop cultural spectrum, the subjects that earn the most disdain — One Direction, “Twilight,” anime — are often the things primarily liked sa pamamagitan ng women or children.
Cardin doesn’t know if madami women or men have registered with Hogwarts Is Here, since the site doesn’t ask registrants for their gender. madami than 67 percent of students are older than age 18. And after a few hours on the site, it’s easy to see why people of any age would get on board: The lessons are entertaining and imaginative, like the books themselves. The Web site, with its layers of forums and profiles and clever nods to the series, feels like a madami productive — dare we say, creative? — sort of tagahanga fiction or role-playing game.
And the fans, well — the fans are great. HIH is run entirely sa pamamagitan ng a corps of roughly 90 volunteers, who write the textbooks, teach the classes and keep the Web site running when it’s swamped sa pamamagitan ng gawkers. Cardin says a team of 80, led sa pamamagitan ng 15-year-old Mallory Harris, wrote the class textbooks. Seven professors and 81 assistants teach classes. (Cardin himself does all the development and graphics — it’s taken three months so far.) Cleveland, the Nebraska high-schooler, says she already made friends. She has also started volunteering herself, as a professor’s assistant in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and she’s graded madami than 100 papers.
“Some people put a lot of time and effort into them and that makes me really happy,” she wrote. “It is a lot of fun because I get to see the great ideas and creativity of the other students … I am planning on staying in this for all seven years.”
Maybe seven years seems like a long time. And 100 papers seems like a lot of reading. But why should someone else’s dedication make us uncomfortable?
“There’s a tendency to present people who are passionate as somehow damaged, but I think that should be celebrated,” Larsen said. After all: “What’s the alternative? To live with no passion at all?”
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Hogwarts Is Here is the newly launched, fantastically elaborate brainchild of 24-year-old Web developer Keith Cardin, and it’s essentially a volunteer-run MOOC (massive open online course) for Muggles who wish Potions and History of Magic were actual academic pursuits.
When you enroll and receive your electronic owl — “Due to the increasing use of technology of Muggle-born students, Hogwarts is introducing a new digital interface,” it explains — you’re instructed to sign up for seven nine-week courses. There are actual syllabi. And textbooks. And graded assignments. My first essay for Defense Against the Dark Arts, in which madami than 16,000 students are currently enrolled, requested a two- to five-paragraph essay on “why defensive magic is important.” I can’t even view the segundo lesson, “Simple Standard Spells,” because I haven’t naisumite the first essay yet.
hp 3
All of this obviously begs the question: Why, in Dumbledore’s name, would I or anyone else write an essay on a thing that does not exist?
Easy, says Kelli Cleveland — in real life, a 17-year-old high school junior from Nebraska, and on Hogwarts Is Here, a first-year Ravenclaw. She’s enrolled in all seven courses and has completed every posted assignment thus far. Sometimes they take longer than her actual homework. She recently wrote a three-page essay for Potions class.
“For fans that have loved HP for years this is a dream come true,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Ever since I read the first book, I have wanted my letter to come … When I turned 11 and my letter didn’t come it was sad. Now I can go to Hogwarts and study the lesson I read about and loved.”
Plus, she adds, “it’s just fun.”
Many, many people apparently agree with her. Since Hogwarts Is Here launched, madami than 62,000 students have signed up, Cardin says. madami than a quarter are in that Defense Against Dark Arts Class I signed up for, with Professor “Lillian Mae.” Lillian, whose real name is Kristen, is a 21-year-old Florida college student studying theater disensyo and teaching. She spends “a few hours” Pagsulat a new class lesson each week. On tuktok of that, she grades student assignments with the help of a dozen teaching assistants and sagot e-mails from a class with madami students than some actual colleges.
“I usually spend any free time I have working on the course and the site,” she said. “It’s fun, though, and that’s why I don’t mind the hours.”
hp classes
But the fun of “going” to Hogwarts doesn’t exactly ameliorate the conceptual weirdness of it. We are all familiar with other extravagant expressions of fandom: tagahanga fiction, costumed conventions, even sports’ pantasiya leagues — but those are, for the most part, all in good fun. Hogwarts classes are work. Work that ultimately goes nowhere. It echoes a critique the psychiatrist Drew Ramsey made of fandom last October: fan’s passions are problematic, he told Vulture, because they offer “no chance of rewards.”
That doesn’t sit well with Katherine Larsen, a professor of tagahanga studies at George Washington University, co-author of the book “Fangasm,” and a devoted Supernatural fan. Research suggests plenty of concrete rewards for fandom, she notes, from identity and social group formation to feelings of pleasure and belonging. (Kristen, the HIH professor, is also quick to point out that her class teaches creative writing, critical thinking and research — “skills you can apply in the real world!”)
Every semester in her tagahanga studies class, Larsen kicks off the course sa pamamagitan ng assigning an essay called “Fandom as Pathology.” It runs through all the classic stereotypes and criticisms of fans: They’re too invested, they’re loners, they’re hysterical — they are, in other words, fanatics. Then the essay switches gears and analyzes academics. Frequently, they engage in the exact same behaviors as fans: the obsessive research, the constant fixation, the devotion of endless hours (and dollars!) to the subject of study.
“The only difference is the object of interest,” Larsen sinabi sa pamamagitan ng phone from Chicago, where she’s attending a national convention of academics in pop culture. “It’s fine to memorize and quote Shakespeare. But it’s not fine to quote a ‘Star Wars’ episode. The discomfort arises from the object of fandom itself … from a belief that some subjects are somehow madami edifying.”
hp 4
And it’s not just that some subjects are madami edifying. Consider the different attitudes toward, say, an obsessive football tagahanga and a 17-year-old girl enrolled in every class on HIH. It’s okay, even cool, for the football tagahanga to paint his entire body in team colors, memorize the stats and life story of every player, spend hours online perfecting his pantasiya — think about that, pantasiya — team. But spending 45 minutos on a Potions essay? The knee-jerk response is “get a life.”
That’s because, Larsen says, “Harry Potter” is seen as childish, often feminine. And across the pop cultural spectrum, the subjects that earn the most disdain — One Direction, “Twilight,” anime — are often the things primarily liked sa pamamagitan ng women or children.
Cardin doesn’t know if madami women or men have registered with Hogwarts Is Here, since the site doesn’t ask registrants for their gender. madami than 67 percent of students are older than age 18. And after a few hours on the site, it’s easy to see why people of any age would get on board: The lessons are entertaining and imaginative, like the books themselves. The Web site, with its layers of forums and profiles and clever nods to the series, feels like a madami productive — dare we say, creative? — sort of tagahanga fiction or role-playing game.
And the fans, well — the fans are great. HIH is run entirely sa pamamagitan ng a corps of roughly 90 volunteers, who write the textbooks, teach the classes and keep the Web site running when it’s swamped sa pamamagitan ng gawkers. Cardin says a team of 80, led sa pamamagitan ng 15-year-old Mallory Harris, wrote the class textbooks. Seven professors and 81 assistants teach classes. (Cardin himself does all the development and graphics — it’s taken three months so far.) Cleveland, the Nebraska high-schooler, says she already made friends. She has also started volunteering herself, as a professor’s assistant in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and she’s graded madami than 100 papers.
“Some people put a lot of time and effort into them and that makes me really happy,” she wrote. “It is a lot of fun because I get to see the great ideas and creativity of the other students … I am planning on staying in this for all seven years.”
Maybe seven years seems like a long time. And 100 papers seems like a lot of reading. But why should someone else’s dedication make us uncomfortable?
“There’s a tendency to present people who are passionate as somehow damaged, but I think that should be celebrated,” Larsen said. After all: “What’s the alternative? To live with no passion at all?”
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Your paborito devils pagkain cake recipe, made into cupcakes
black string licorice
Instructions
Bake your cupcakes according to the instructions, without using paper cup liners.
Slice off the tuktok of the crown of each cupcake so that when it is turned upside down, it sits flat. This gives you madami of a cauldron shape than a cupcake shape.
Cut the black string licorice into small pieces and poke them into the cupcakes as cauldron handles.
Ingredients
dark chocolate
dry chow mein noodles
Instructions
Melt your tsokolate until smooth.
Stir in noodles until the mixture is thick enough to hold together.
Spoon bite-sized clusters onto wax paper and let harden in the refrigerator.
If you want longer-lasting candy, melt 1 stick cooking paraffin per 12 oz of tsokolate before adding the noodles.
These can be frozen, just thaw before serving.
black string licorice
Instructions
Bake your cupcakes according to the instructions, without using paper cup liners.
Slice off the tuktok of the crown of each cupcake so that when it is turned upside down, it sits flat. This gives you madami of a cauldron shape than a cupcake shape.
Cut the black string licorice into small pieces and poke them into the cupcakes as cauldron handles.
Ingredients
dark chocolate
dry chow mein noodles
Instructions
Melt your tsokolate until smooth.
Stir in noodles until the mixture is thick enough to hold together.
Spoon bite-sized clusters onto wax paper and let harden in the refrigerator.
If you want longer-lasting candy, melt 1 stick cooking paraffin per 12 oz of tsokolate before adding the noodles.
These can be frozen, just thaw before serving.
I throw my wand up in the air sometimes
saying,"Ah-oh, my name is Draco!"
I wanna celebrate and kill Dumbledore
saying "Ah-oh,old man, just let go."
We gonna rock the school
We gonna go all night
We gonna light professors up
like they're dynamite!
Cause I dueled you once,
Now I dueled you twice
We gonna light them up
like they're dynamite.
We gotta move, move, move, move
Get out the way of me and my crew, crew, crew, crew,
Sanpe, Bellatrix and Fenrir too, too, too, too,
It was on and on and on,
Now Albus is gone and gone and gone, yeah!
CREDITS:
greekgirlA,and boredcreativity have made this
(gryffindorgal made the last part)
become a tagahanga of us and we will make madami spoof songs to your favorites! just tell us the song,
and only if you become a fan!
saying,"Ah-oh, my name is Draco!"
I wanna celebrate and kill Dumbledore
saying "Ah-oh,old man, just let go."
We gonna rock the school
We gonna go all night
We gonna light professors up
like they're dynamite!
Cause I dueled you once,
Now I dueled you twice
We gonna light them up
like they're dynamite.
We gotta move, move, move, move
Get out the way of me and my crew, crew, crew, crew,
Sanpe, Bellatrix and Fenrir too, too, too, too,
It was on and on and on,
Now Albus is gone and gone and gone, yeah!
CREDITS:
greekgirlA,and boredcreativity have made this
(gryffindorgal made the last part)
become a tagahanga of us and we will make madami spoof songs to your favorites! just tell us the song,
and only if you become a fan!
If only we could be together,
You and I,
But our parents would never allow it,
You and I,
Our hearts are broken,
Yours and mine,
I weep for you,
My dear Rose,
Tears run down my face,
Like water flows.
I pag-ibig the way your wand made flowers,
Made me feel like I had super powers.
I pag-ibig your spirit,
Fierce but charming,
Complimenting and healing mine,
Which is hurtfull and harming.
My dad's a butt,
My mum is too,
But YOU made my puso soar,
When I was with YOU.
Your the best witch ever,
Inherrited your mum's brains,
Your hair is fiery,
Like a bright pretty flame.
If only we could be together,
You and I,
Forever together,
You and I
You and I,
But our parents would never allow it,
You and I,
Our hearts are broken,
Yours and mine,
I weep for you,
My dear Rose,
Tears run down my face,
Like water flows.
I pag-ibig the way your wand made flowers,
Made me feel like I had super powers.
I pag-ibig your spirit,
Fierce but charming,
Complimenting and healing mine,
Which is hurtfull and harming.
My dad's a butt,
My mum is too,
But YOU made my puso soar,
When I was with YOU.
Your the best witch ever,
Inherrited your mum's brains,
Your hair is fiery,
Like a bright pretty flame.
If only we could be together,
You and I,
Forever together,
You and I
1) Attempt to use Snape's oily hair to cook chips
2) Send Snape shampoo
3) Take pictures of himself while showering and then sell them to the female population of Hogwarts.
4) Give Remus a makeover while he is asleep.
5) Ask the potions professor whether the day's assignment can be used a sexual lubricant.
6) Sign his essays 'Seriously Sexy Sirius'.
7) Convince Remus that all the books in the aklatan have been stolen and that it is closing down.
8) Tell First years that Filch is the Voice of God.
9)Tell people that it's Remus' Time of the buwan when he tells First Years off for breathing too loudly.
10)Calling Lucius Malfoy "Luscious Mouthful" is just plain gross
11)I will not change the password to the prefects' bath to "Makes getting clean almost as much fun as getting dirty".
2) Send Snape shampoo
3) Take pictures of himself while showering and then sell them to the female population of Hogwarts.
4) Give Remus a makeover while he is asleep.
5) Ask the potions professor whether the day's assignment can be used a sexual lubricant.
6) Sign his essays 'Seriously Sexy Sirius'.
7) Convince Remus that all the books in the aklatan have been stolen and that it is closing down.
8) Tell First years that Filch is the Voice of God.
9)Tell people that it's Remus' Time of the buwan when he tells First Years off for breathing too loudly.
10)Calling Lucius Malfoy "Luscious Mouthful" is just plain gross
11)I will not change the password to the prefects' bath to "Makes getting clean almost as much fun as getting dirty".
All over the world people are howling
About those great books sa pamamagitan ng J. K. Rowling
Three little books that appeal to all ages
One learns about enchantments and spells in these pages
And a young boy who is quite ordinary in appearance
Who discovers he's a wizard with powers quite immense
To learn to control them he goes to Hogwarts School
And becomes a member of Griffindor, the house that's really cool
But its not all work, there's also time for fun
A great game called Quidditch which has to be won
With walis that fly and a balabal that makes him disappear
We know this young wizard will enjoy his taon
But it's madami than one taon - it's going to be Seven!
For the mga manliligaw of pantasiya that sounds like heaven!
If you haven't yet read about Harry Potter
Well, you really ought 'ter!
About those great books sa pamamagitan ng J. K. Rowling
Three little books that appeal to all ages
One learns about enchantments and spells in these pages
And a young boy who is quite ordinary in appearance
Who discovers he's a wizard with powers quite immense
To learn to control them he goes to Hogwarts School
And becomes a member of Griffindor, the house that's really cool
But its not all work, there's also time for fun
A great game called Quidditch which has to be won
With walis that fly and a balabal that makes him disappear
We know this young wizard will enjoy his taon
But it's madami than one taon - it's going to be Seven!
For the mga manliligaw of pantasiya that sounds like heaven!
If you haven't yet read about Harry Potter
Well, you really ought 'ter!
I was pagbaba HP6, at the part where you find out that the guants are descended from the 2nd peverell brother.the ressurection stone was passed all the way down till it camme to be in the possession of Morfin, Voldemort's uncle. Young Voldemort estola it from Morfin. which means that the 2nd peverell brother is Voldemort's great great great great great great however many greats grandfather. well we learn that harry is descended from the 3RD PEVERELL BROTHER. WHICH MEANS THAT VOLDEMORTS LOTSA GREATS GRANDFATHER IS HARRYS LOTSA GREATS UNCLE! SO I REALISE WITH MUCH EXCLAIMATIONS OF "OH MY GOSH!" THAT VOLDEMORT AND HARRY ARE DISTANT COUSINS!
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please comment on whether you found this helpful or if you already knew this. Me thinks hearing from other peoples of the webbernet is cool!