Monday, December 2, 2013
I had an interesting confrontation with Miss Middleton after the examinations today; apparently she felt that my failing her for solving the problem without resort to magic was unfair. Her arguments were sound, and focused. I have even given some of the same to Warden Potsdam on occasion.
Of course, I did so in private, not in the middle of the hallways with Miss Rose trailing along.
This is Warden Potsdam's school, not mine. She founded it, and has run it for far longer than I have been alive. Long enough that it's original name - the Iris School for Girls - has been forgotten by most. The tests are to see if the student can come up with an imaginative use of magic to solve the problem in front of them. Not using magic is a failure in that. I have contended that the failure in that case is the school's, and Miss Middleton appears to feel the same way, but it is not my call.
I will bring it up with Warden Potsdam again tomorrow though. In private.
Author's note: A hint that Professor Potsdam's comment of witches being able to extend their lives through green magic applies to her in particular, and a bit of history on the school.
And he doesn't have to like the rules he is enforcing.