[Regardless of any ulterior motives some of the others here might have (Ryuji, Qrow), Kaede is genuinely here to try to learn. She's tugged her long blonde hair up into a ponytail and donned a comfortable pair of leggings and a flowing tunic at an attempt of being functional. Cute! Looking cute is important! But functional. Her gloves are thick enough that she feels a little more at ease holding a quarterstaff in both hands as she lingers near the edge of the mats, trying to work up the courage to actually step out there.]

[After she's had the chance to run through some warmups, and her fingers are, miraculously, still intact, she can be found sitting on the side with a water bottle, already exhausted, but still cheerful! Things are going well, after all, and even if she smacked herself in the legs a few times with the staff, at one point so spectacularly that she tripped herself and went sprawling face-first, she's still looking forward to the next bit. Even if this teacher seems a little harsh...]

Here, did you bring any water?

[She offers it up to whoever's wandered close enough with a bright smile.]

I'm not sick or anything, so it's fine to share it.

[At some point after Qrow has disappeared into the professor's office for some kind of discussion, Kaede is... kind of at a loss? And feels terribly guilty, because if she'd been a better student, then Qrow wouldn't have felt the need to step in like he had.]

Aaah, jeez... this isn't what I was expecting at all...

[Now she's bruised, exhausted, and embarrassed... F.]