09-01-2022, 11:43 PM
Cara swallowed back the lump forming in her throat as no sooner had the past the debacle over her name that she was being asked to come around to the other side of the desk. What did it have to do with testing her learning ability? Something in the professor's words had her mind shift away from her nerves, particularly as she watched the papers she set down on the desk get tucked into a folder with her name on them. It almost seemed like she was trying to keep it just between the two of them when it came to her reading test. Why though?
Not wanting to further stall what was still a bit of a nervous situation, she moved around the desk trying to not seem as nervous as she felt on the inside. She could get through this, the quicker maybe her level could be found the sooner she could get to acquiring what she needed from the lessons to come. She was here to learn after all, gain the knowledge and skills she would turn into making a life for herself without depending on anyone again.
"I can read a little Professor, a few words here and there but not much. My adopted father didn't hold the ability to read very high in my lessons as it wasn't as important to a blacksmith in his eyes. I'm fairly good with my numbers thanks to him and just before I made the journey here the noble family I was working for tried to teach me to read and write but our lessons didn't progress far. I can read my name and a few small basic words that would often come across on a daily basis but the rest I would either struggle to sound out completely or don't know how to read them. When the noble family was beginning my magical training they tried to see what I could read from their family spell book but I couldn't manage to read more than maybe three or four words, finding the harder I tried the more the words felt as though they were making my eyes cross" Cara replied in a quiet voice.
She looked at Gwen as she gave her honest and open answer. Maybe she should have grabbed the letter from the noblewoman and used that to point out what words she struggled with. It would have been of some help in showing what she could and couldn't read sort of, or did the professor already have a test in mind in seeing what she could do? Would it be like the lessons she had tried to do with the noble woman or would they be any different? With a younger and possibly more experienced professor to teach her maybe the lessons would better soak into her mind rather than turn her away from future lessons. Cara had to hope they would be different, she couldn't stand the lessons before as they dulled her nearly to sleep.
Not wanting to further stall what was still a bit of a nervous situation, she moved around the desk trying to not seem as nervous as she felt on the inside. She could get through this, the quicker maybe her level could be found the sooner she could get to acquiring what she needed from the lessons to come. She was here to learn after all, gain the knowledge and skills she would turn into making a life for herself without depending on anyone again.
"I can read a little Professor, a few words here and there but not much. My adopted father didn't hold the ability to read very high in my lessons as it wasn't as important to a blacksmith in his eyes. I'm fairly good with my numbers thanks to him and just before I made the journey here the noble family I was working for tried to teach me to read and write but our lessons didn't progress far. I can read my name and a few small basic words that would often come across on a daily basis but the rest I would either struggle to sound out completely or don't know how to read them. When the noble family was beginning my magical training they tried to see what I could read from their family spell book but I couldn't manage to read more than maybe three or four words, finding the harder I tried the more the words felt as though they were making my eyes cross" Cara replied in a quiet voice.
She looked at Gwen as she gave her honest and open answer. Maybe she should have grabbed the letter from the noblewoman and used that to point out what words she struggled with. It would have been of some help in showing what she could and couldn't read sort of, or did the professor already have a test in mind in seeing what she could do? Would it be like the lessons she had tried to do with the noble woman or would they be any different? With a younger and possibly more experienced professor to teach her maybe the lessons would better soak into her mind rather than turn her away from future lessons. Cara had to hope they would be different, she couldn't stand the lessons before as they dulled her nearly to sleep.
