Disclaimer: I am not JKR, therefore I do not own Harry Potter.
This One-Shot was inspired by not even the Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts being able to correctly say "electricity" and "telephone". As someone who works with Muggle things on a daily basis, it seemed sort of likely that he had very, very good marks in Muggle Studies, which raises a question about how good their course is.
If the teacher said "electicity" one more time, I was going to explode.
I was a Gryffindor Muggleborn, and rather lazy. Naturally, I thought that signing up for Muggle Studies would be a wonderful idea. Just do the homework, you know what you're writing about, anyway.
Well, I thought wrong.
I might not be a know-it-all, like most of the Ravenclaws in my year, some of whom were sitting here and soaking up every single word of this utter nonsense, but this was just plain sick.
"Muggles have electicity. Electicity is... well, it's basically miniature lightning, and you can use it to make sparks."
I raised my hand and resisted the strong urge to facepalm.
"Professor?"
"Yes?", she said, impatiently.
"Where did you get the word 'electicity' from?"
"You would know that if you had read your book, young man."
That was in the course book? I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry.
"I'm Muggleborn, Professor. I have never heard of electicity that is used to make sparks, as you said."
"Well, then you obviously don't know everything, do you? As I have just said, electicity can make sparks. Why that is important, I don't know. Well, Muggles normally transport huge weights by lifting them by hand... What is it?"
I had raised my hand again.
"They don't, Professor. Have you ever heard of a crane? A pulley system?"
"No, I haven't, and I do not believe they are important, as they are not in the course book."
"But that's how Muggles lift huge weights."
"And how would that work?"
"Haven't you ever heard of physics?"
"A poor imitation of magic by Muggles."
I gave up.
The next day, I went and changed my elective from Muggle Studies to Arithmancy. But I vowed to myself that once, I'd be a teacher, and I would write my own damn course book and teach about how Muggles really lived. And I would allow every student who dared say "electicity" to be whipped and caned.