CHAPTER 34: Teaching and Learning
September first came in a rush, the night before the teachers had a party that served to take there minds off the upcoming day but it was there before any of them new it. Minivra had them all rushing around making sure everything was set up for the students, but things had been set up for weeks, they really had nothing to do. Finally, the Hogwarts Express pulled into the station, where all first years met Hagrid who took them on the traditional boat ride to the castle, while the other students rode in carriages. As was one of the jobs as Deputy headmaster, Harry found himself nervously awaiting the first years at the top of the stairs, this was going to be a LONG sorting ceremony. Soon all fifty-three first years stood in front of him fear and anticipation in all of their eyes. Despite his nerves, Harry smiled and all the kids seemed to calm slightly at this.
"Hello, welcome to Hogwarts. You are about to go into the great hall where you will stand in line in pairs of two, and wait to be sorted. Now, I know alot of you have heard horror stories about your older siblings or friends being sorted but do not worry, it's painless. You will be sorted into one of four houses, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin or Gryffindor. Now if you will wait here for a moment." With that, Harry walked over to the massive door that led into the Great Hall, and looked in. McGonagall nodded, and he turned back around and motioned the students to walk forward.
The sorting took a record forty-two minutes, all the students were starving and there hands hurt from clapping. Harry was really horse, having had to call everyone's name. Before the feast could begin however, McGonagall needed to give the start of term notices. Harry tapped his glass goblet to get everyone's attention.
"Welcome to a New Year at Hogwarts. Quite a bit has changed, that includes the way classes are set up and who is teaching them. Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, and Muggle Studies have the same teachers, however do to a curse being put on the other teachers and headmaster Dumbledore, they have disappeared, we do not know when we will meet again. However in their replacement, we have some teachers that are all returning students will recognize and you first years will have probably heard of. As deputy headmaster, and Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Potter. Professor Granger will teach transfigurations. Professor Malfoy will teach potions. Professor Longbottom will teach Herbology. Professor R. Weasley will teach brooms. Aritmacity will be taught by Professor G. Weasley. And finally Divination will be taught by Professor Brown. As well as teaching these professors will be taking college classes as well so there time will be filled, do not try anything, they have enough to worry about. The forbidden Forest is as usual forbidden. Now, let's eat." Food appeared on all the tables. Groans of delight could be heard loudly from every single table, including the teachers. After the feast the new prefects took the tons of first years to their houses, for their first nights sleep at Hogwarts.
The next day found the nervous students and teachers alike slowly waking up and getting ready for breakfast and morning classes. Harry made his way up to the teachers' table and sat down with a yawn. McGonagall who had gotten there first smiled at him, as they watched the students and other teachers began to trickle in one by one. By seven o'clock, everyone was there eating breakfast. Harry got up and handed all the head of houses their student's schedules, then sat back down yawning yet again. His kids had woke him up extra early that morning asking him to read them a book, since he had been to exhausted to do it the night before. Before he new it, it was time to go to class. He stood up and walked out the door behind the teachers' table, which held a secret hall that would take ten minutes off his trip to the Dark Arts classroom on the other side of the massive school. Checking his schedule he found he had the second years first period. Quickly pulling out the things he would need for the class he patiently waited for his students' arrivals.
He did not have to wait very long, soon the students entered the classroom, smiling, and talking to friends they had not seen since the previous school year. Harry looked at the clock he had placed on the wall, it told him that it was time to start class.
"Good morning students, I'm Professor Potter, and I will be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher..."
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"Please pull out your transfiguration books and turn to page three hundred and five, please. Now I would like everyone to read this chapter and let me know when you are finished. We are going to start your third year by learning how to transfigure books into torches, and back again. Begin." Hermione smiled, as the third years got to work.
Classes went by incredibly fast, all the teachers agreed that night at the start of term meeting.
"They all seem like good students...so far." Harry grinned.
"Yeah, I agree, they were all well behaved today but it was only the first day so everyone was nervous." Ron agreed.
"Very good, then I have all of your school books for this semester. I suggest you all get some reading done." Miniva opened a massive box and started pulling out books. (To see what books they got, go to the bottom of this page.)
Although teaching classes seemed to be a breeze for the first week, as soon as there own classes started, everything got much harder. Suddenly all seven of the teachers had classes to teach papers to grade, classes to go to, papers of there own to write, and children to raise. Harry and Ginny saw each other only in there Medical school classes, nether saw any of there other friends except when they were rushing down the hall trying to get to there next spot. By the end of second week, everyone was exhausted and to make it worst, their students were starting to get used to being there and were starting to act up. There first Clinical Saturday came, and Harry and Ginny found themselves in the Medical Wing, Ron and Neville went to the Ministry of Magic to shadow the Aurors. Lavender was visiting a Law firm. Hermione was visiting a historical site, and Draco, was in a Potions lab at the university. When they all came back they were all exhausted beyond belief and their children wanted to do was play, since they did not get to all week long. The group decided to put there books down and go for a picnic under the calm tree, while the kids played.
"Ah, I am so tired, there has got to be a easier way to do this." Ron mumbled. The others nodded their agreement.
"Da Javu." Harry stated.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Da Javu, it's a term that means basically that something is happening again."
Ron still looked confused.
"I feel like we have had this conversation before." Harry stated. Ron nodded.
"Oh, yeah back in fifth year I think." Ron's eyes opened. "Oh Da Javu. I think I get it now." The group laughed.
Mummy, Soch bite." Lily ran up to Ginny. The three teens got quiet for a second. Had Lily just called Ginny mummy? Ginny was just as shocked as everyone else.
"Souroch come over here." Ginny called eyes still wide. Souroch walked over head down. "Souroch, did you bite Lily?"
"Yes."
"Lily, where did Souroch bite you?" Harry asked.
"Here daddy." Lily pointed to her arm, she had a jacket and two long sleeve shirts on so the bit did not leave any mark. Harry kissed her arm.
"All better?" Lily smiled and nodded.
"Tank daddy."
"Your welcome sweetheart, why don't you go play some more, Lily ran off.
"Souroch, can you tell mummy why did you bite Lily?" Hermione asked.
"Lil, knocked blocks down."
"Okay, that was not nice, but you biting was not nice either. Do you want Lily to bite you?" Hermione asked.
"No."
"That's right, so when someone knocks your blocks down, what should you do?"
"Hit?"
"No, that is violent behavior. We do not use violent behavior. Why don't you say, Stop it."
"Sto it."
"Good."
"Go play?" Souroch asked eyeing his toys.
"Yes, go play." Souroch took off.
By the time October arrived, the group had gotten used to there full time lives and much to the kids delight were spending a little more time with them. Meanwhile Lucius was slowly gaining power.
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Harry and Ginny got five textbooks that all had at least 5000, pages in them.
Medical Magic - Year One
Medical Potions - Year One
How to be a Magical Doctor - One
Doctors Today - Year One
Human Anatomy - One
Ron and Neville also got five textbooks, slightly smaller then Harry's and Ginny's.
So You want to be an Auror
The Auror - Year One
Auror Magic - One
Crime Scean Magic - Year One
Forensics Magic - Year One
Lavender received five textbooks, all as large as Harry and Ginny's.
The Magical Law - Year One
How to be a Lawyer - One
Investigations - Year One
Working With the Aurors - One
Lawyers Magical and Muggle
Draco received three textbooks all as big as Harry's and Ginny's.
Magical Ingredients - Year One
Potions - Year One
Where to find it - One
Finally, Hermione who would be getting her Historian degree first had four books all as big as Harry and Ginny's.
Muggle Mythology - One
Magical History - Year One
Muggle History - Year One
Magical Mythology - One
September first came in a rush, the night before the teachers had a party that served to take there minds off the upcoming day but it was there before any of them new it. Minivra had them all rushing around making sure everything was set up for the students, but things had been set up for weeks, they really had nothing to do. Finally, the Hogwarts Express pulled into the station, where all first years met Hagrid who took them on the traditional boat ride to the castle, while the other students rode in carriages. As was one of the jobs as Deputy headmaster, Harry found himself nervously awaiting the first years at the top of the stairs, this was going to be a LONG sorting ceremony. Soon all fifty-three first years stood in front of him fear and anticipation in all of their eyes. Despite his nerves, Harry smiled and all the kids seemed to calm slightly at this.
"Hello, welcome to Hogwarts. You are about to go into the great hall where you will stand in line in pairs of two, and wait to be sorted. Now, I know alot of you have heard horror stories about your older siblings or friends being sorted but do not worry, it's painless. You will be sorted into one of four houses, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin or Gryffindor. Now if you will wait here for a moment." With that, Harry walked over to the massive door that led into the Great Hall, and looked in. McGonagall nodded, and he turned back around and motioned the students to walk forward.
The sorting took a record forty-two minutes, all the students were starving and there hands hurt from clapping. Harry was really horse, having had to call everyone's name. Before the feast could begin however, McGonagall needed to give the start of term notices. Harry tapped his glass goblet to get everyone's attention.
"Welcome to a New Year at Hogwarts. Quite a bit has changed, that includes the way classes are set up and who is teaching them. Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, and Muggle Studies have the same teachers, however do to a curse being put on the other teachers and headmaster Dumbledore, they have disappeared, we do not know when we will meet again. However in their replacement, we have some teachers that are all returning students will recognize and you first years will have probably heard of. As deputy headmaster, and Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Potter. Professor Granger will teach transfigurations. Professor Malfoy will teach potions. Professor Longbottom will teach Herbology. Professor R. Weasley will teach brooms. Aritmacity will be taught by Professor G. Weasley. And finally Divination will be taught by Professor Brown. As well as teaching these professors will be taking college classes as well so there time will be filled, do not try anything, they have enough to worry about. The forbidden Forest is as usual forbidden. Now, let's eat." Food appeared on all the tables. Groans of delight could be heard loudly from every single table, including the teachers. After the feast the new prefects took the tons of first years to their houses, for their first nights sleep at Hogwarts.
The next day found the nervous students and teachers alike slowly waking up and getting ready for breakfast and morning classes. Harry made his way up to the teachers' table and sat down with a yawn. McGonagall who had gotten there first smiled at him, as they watched the students and other teachers began to trickle in one by one. By seven o'clock, everyone was there eating breakfast. Harry got up and handed all the head of houses their student's schedules, then sat back down yawning yet again. His kids had woke him up extra early that morning asking him to read them a book, since he had been to exhausted to do it the night before. Before he new it, it was time to go to class. He stood up and walked out the door behind the teachers' table, which held a secret hall that would take ten minutes off his trip to the Dark Arts classroom on the other side of the massive school. Checking his schedule he found he had the second years first period. Quickly pulling out the things he would need for the class he patiently waited for his students' arrivals.
He did not have to wait very long, soon the students entered the classroom, smiling, and talking to friends they had not seen since the previous school year. Harry looked at the clock he had placed on the wall, it told him that it was time to start class.
"Good morning students, I'm Professor Potter, and I will be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher..."
***
"Please pull out your transfiguration books and turn to page three hundred and five, please. Now I would like everyone to read this chapter and let me know when you are finished. We are going to start your third year by learning how to transfigure books into torches, and back again. Begin." Hermione smiled, as the third years got to work.
Classes went by incredibly fast, all the teachers agreed that night at the start of term meeting.
"They all seem like good students...so far." Harry grinned.
"Yeah, I agree, they were all well behaved today but it was only the first day so everyone was nervous." Ron agreed.
"Very good, then I have all of your school books for this semester. I suggest you all get some reading done." Miniva opened a massive box and started pulling out books. (To see what books they got, go to the bottom of this page.)
Although teaching classes seemed to be a breeze for the first week, as soon as there own classes started, everything got much harder. Suddenly all seven of the teachers had classes to teach papers to grade, classes to go to, papers of there own to write, and children to raise. Harry and Ginny saw each other only in there Medical school classes, nether saw any of there other friends except when they were rushing down the hall trying to get to there next spot. By the end of second week, everyone was exhausted and to make it worst, their students were starting to get used to being there and were starting to act up. There first Clinical Saturday came, and Harry and Ginny found themselves in the Medical Wing, Ron and Neville went to the Ministry of Magic to shadow the Aurors. Lavender was visiting a Law firm. Hermione was visiting a historical site, and Draco, was in a Potions lab at the university. When they all came back they were all exhausted beyond belief and their children wanted to do was play, since they did not get to all week long. The group decided to put there books down and go for a picnic under the calm tree, while the kids played.
"Ah, I am so tired, there has got to be a easier way to do this." Ron mumbled. The others nodded their agreement.
"Da Javu." Harry stated.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Da Javu, it's a term that means basically that something is happening again."
Ron still looked confused.
"I feel like we have had this conversation before." Harry stated. Ron nodded.
"Oh, yeah back in fifth year I think." Ron's eyes opened. "Oh Da Javu. I think I get it now." The group laughed.
Mummy, Soch bite." Lily ran up to Ginny. The three teens got quiet for a second. Had Lily just called Ginny mummy? Ginny was just as shocked as everyone else.
"Souroch come over here." Ginny called eyes still wide. Souroch walked over head down. "Souroch, did you bite Lily?"
"Yes."
"Lily, where did Souroch bite you?" Harry asked.
"Here daddy." Lily pointed to her arm, she had a jacket and two long sleeve shirts on so the bit did not leave any mark. Harry kissed her arm.
"All better?" Lily smiled and nodded.
"Tank daddy."
"Your welcome sweetheart, why don't you go play some more, Lily ran off.
"Souroch, can you tell mummy why did you bite Lily?" Hermione asked.
"Lil, knocked blocks down."
"Okay, that was not nice, but you biting was not nice either. Do you want Lily to bite you?" Hermione asked.
"No."
"That's right, so when someone knocks your blocks down, what should you do?"
"Hit?"
"No, that is violent behavior. We do not use violent behavior. Why don't you say, Stop it."
"Sto it."
"Good."
"Go play?" Souroch asked eyeing his toys.
"Yes, go play." Souroch took off.
By the time October arrived, the group had gotten used to there full time lives and much to the kids delight were spending a little more time with them. Meanwhile Lucius was slowly gaining power.
~~~
Harry and Ginny got five textbooks that all had at least 5000, pages in them.
Medical Magic - Year One
Medical Potions - Year One
How to be a Magical Doctor - One
Doctors Today - Year One
Human Anatomy - One
Ron and Neville also got five textbooks, slightly smaller then Harry's and Ginny's.
So You want to be an Auror
The Auror - Year One
Auror Magic - One
Crime Scean Magic - Year One
Forensics Magic - Year One
Lavender received five textbooks, all as large as Harry and Ginny's.
The Magical Law - Year One
How to be a Lawyer - One
Investigations - Year One
Working With the Aurors - One
Lawyers Magical and Muggle
Draco received three textbooks all as big as Harry's and Ginny's.
Magical Ingredients - Year One
Potions - Year One
Where to find it - One
Finally, Hermione who would be getting her Historian degree first had four books all as big as Harry and Ginny's.
Muggle Mythology - One
Magical History - Year One
Muggle History - Year One
Magical Mythology - One
