Class #2: R&S / 6&7

[Professor Bathsheda Babbling]

INTRODUCTION

Group #1: Ravenclaw Sixth & Seventh Years
Group #2: Slytherins Sixth & Seventh Years
Discussion: Rune Translation

It was no secret that Professor Babbling felt more comfortable teaching the older years. While they might seem harder to control, the classes were often smaller, and the students who were still in the class actually wanted to be here. Well, most of them. But after the OWL years was over, you found that you had wheedled out most of the discouraged students, or those that had struggled throughout the year, and you were left with those who truly had the gift of knowledge. Not only that, but this lesson in particular were namely Ravenclaws - while it might be stereotypical to say that most Slytherins were not intelligent enough to comprehend such a complicated subject, it still held true in most cases. And if Professor Babbling were to have a group of people she favored, it would be those hard-working Ravenclaws - although, no matter how much wisdom or intelligence they had, it didn't mean they could excel in this course. Ancient Runes required concentration, focus and deep understanding. It was definitely not a class you could breeze through, cram for at the end, and then expect to pass with an O - or even an E. If you even passed. Pushing her red hair behind her ears, Professor Babbling stared at the class sternly, leaning against the desk with her fingertips. "I assume you have all bought the newest edition of Advanced Rune Translation. I would like you to please turn to page forty-five so that we can begin." Pause. "Now," she added firmly, moving towards the black board and raising her wand and gracefully swishing it, words in her loopy handwriting appearing on the board in time with her movements.

There would be no lolly-gagging during her lesson.

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Amycus strolled towards the Ancient Runes classroom, almost daring the bell to ring while he was still in the corridor. It didn’t, however, until he had set foot inside the class. Scanning the room for a free seat, Amycus spotted one near the back and set his bag down on it, then folded his arms over it and looked up lazily at the teacher. He would have dropped this class if he could have. But somehow he’d passed the O.W.L examination and his sister had recommended it instead of other stupid subjects like Divination or Care of Magical Creatures. It was still lame, and he had no idea what they were supposed to be doing, and the teacher hated all Slytherins, as usual, and he hated her.

She told them to take out some book, did he even have that? He didn’t care. If he didn’t he’d just like...pretend to share with the person next to him, whoever they were, he hadn’t even bothered to check, and sleep or something. Amycus opened his bag in front of him and peered in. Scrap pieces of parchment were strewn around, ink stains on them, a broken quill and a normal one were there too, and two textbooks. He pulled them out – one was for Transfiguration, which he didn’t have that day why was it there? – and the other for this class. Oh, look, he did have it. He didn’t bother opening it, though, and just leaned back on his seat and looked absentmindedly out the window.

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[Professor Bathsheda Babbling]

POINT COUNT

TALLY	Gryffindor	Ravenclaw	Hufflepuff	Slytherin
Attendance	00	00	00	05
Earned	00	00	00	00
Total	00	00	00	05