They began pulling out parchment, balancing inkwells in laps and the floor, until their, apparent, professor cleared her throat.  "No parchment or notes will be needed today.  We are going to have a chat, alright?"  She looked around the room, seeming to carefully scrutinize each of them.  "My name is Athena Pembrook.  You can call me Professor or Professor Pembrook.  You may call me Athena when you graduate, as is allowed by all of my graduated students.  Now, you lot are a bit younger than my normal fare of student, but I think you’re all perhaps more mature than my usual student so we should get along swimmingly.