Chapter 12: First Muggle Studies Lesson
-----Sorry I couldn't resist the Vanilla Ice reference I watched I love the 90's------
The next day everyone headed off to the Great Hall for breakfast before classes began. Most of the teachers were there along with the visitors, most of whom would be going back home today. " I'm going to miss them when they're gone, but luckily I have friends like y'all to make up for that." Zoe said before she got up and ran to give hugs to all her friends before they left.
"I think Zoe is going to make a great friend, I can't wait to get to know her more. I know she just arrived but she's starting her 6th year because of her age, do you two feel like helping me catch her up on the stuff that she's missed out on. Harry, you could help her with Defense Against the Dark Arts since your top of the class, and Ron you could help her with -" Hermione really had to think of this. What was Ron good at? It never really occured to her.
" I could help her with learning to ride a broom and Quidditch and stuff like that." Ron suggested his face turning all pink. He hated that his friends were better at most stuff than he was.
" That would be great, you could help teach her Herbology. She already has Professor McGonagall helping her with Transfiguration, and Professor Snape is helping her catch up in Potions." Hermione went back to eating.
" Professor Snape offered to help a student, that must be a first! I kind of feel sorry for her now, extra classes with Snape must be horrible." Ron gazed at Zoe.
" I didn't say he offered to teach her, Professor Dumbledore asked him to catch her up. However extra classes with him must be horrible. I couldn't imagine staying after to get help." Hermione, Ron, Harry and Zoe finished breakfast and headed over to Muggle Studies with Professor Wells. Since they missed the class yesterday due to the presentation they ended up having double Muggle Studies.
" What exactly is Muggle Studies? Andrew....erm..Sorry I hope I don't do that during class. Professor Wells was trying to explain the class to me but he was side tracked. Something having to do with the Watchers Council became 'extremely urgent' go figure." Zoe and the others turned the corner.
" Muggle Studies is where we study the history of muggles, and their ways. It's cool espically when we learn about pop culture. I loved when we learned about Vanilla Ice, his song was hilarious." Ron said then started to sing Ice, Ice, baby.
" Yeah to bad his career didn't last to long. He ended up coming out with some rap album later on but just never got off the ground." Zoe and the others finally made it to class and found a seat in the front row.

" Welcome to your first Muggle Studies class, My name is Professor Wells. I would love you all to take out your books, open them up to the table of contents and rip it out." Andrew watched as all the students looked at him funny and started laughing.
" Are you serious Professor Wells?!" Hermione raised her hand, she never had a teacher that told her to rip her book apart.
" Hermione I don't think that's the question you should be asking." Ron looked at her and raised his hand this time. Harry looked at him. Ron almost never raised his hand in class, but now Harry was thinking the same thing Ron was.
" I've always wanted to say that. Yes Hermione I am serious. What's your question Ron?" Andrew looked at Ron.
" Are you alright Professor Wells? We're not going to get in trouble later for not having the contents page right?" Ron looked at awe at Professor Wells, now this was going to be the best class or at least tied with Lupin's class.
" Ok, we are not going to follow the chapters we're going to be jumping around the book. I don't feel like boring you with most of the stuff you already know, such as wars that you learned about the first couple of years you were here. Yes we are going to be studying present wars such as the war in Iraq but we're mostly going to talk about present issues. Gay marriage, Politics and get into stuff such as top grossing movies, hit songs and what teens in todays society are like." Andrew looked around he loved teaching, no wonder Willow was always excited when she was asked to substitute at the local schools.
Andrew pulled out a mixed CD with songs through out the years on it and pointed his wand at it, all of the sudden the CD started to play.
" The first lesson we're going to learn today is what can we learn about muggles through there music. Such as last summer's theme song by Good Charlotte." Andrew pressed the play button that appeared above the CD. The CD played and the lyrics to the song danced around the top of it, so the class could sing.
"At my high school it felt more to me like a jail cell a penatentary. My time spent there it only made me see. That I don't ever wanna be like you I don't wanna do the things you do.Never gonna hear the words you say cuz I don't ever wanna I don't ever wanna be, you don't wanna be just like you. What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up.You, don't wanna be you!" The song kept playing most of the students got up to dance and we're tapping their quills on the side of their desk. Once the song was over Andrew started up the class debate.
" So from listening to this song. What do you think muggle teenagers are like? Come on someone in this classroom must have some sort of idea or opinion." Andrew looked around almost all of the students had their hands raised. " Now that's what I love to see, students getting involved. Lets see how about Goyle."
" From listening to this song it sounds like muggle teens have lost all respect for their parents and the people around them that aren't like them. They're trying to find their own image and break free from this barrier that people have created through out the years." Goyle looked at the floor, most people didn't know that he had a brain on him. They just thought that he was Draco Malfoy's body guard.
" I Have to disagree! I think muggle teens are just as respectful of their elders as they've always been. They aren't trying to break barriers either they are setting ones for themselves. They don't wanna be like other people but they want people to follow their example therefore they're contradicting themselves." Pavarti Patil jumped up out of her seat to protest.
Andrew just couldn't stop smiling. His students were getting involved, really involved in Muggle Studies. He might be able to pull off this teaching thing after all. " Those were both correct responses. Seeming this is a debate there is hardly room for a wrong response, however both covered the point every well. This gives me an Idea for home work tonight. I want you to go out there and find one thing that is contradicting at Hogwarts, or in the wizarding world. Ok here's the next song. I wanna know what you think muggle dating or relationships are like. This song is also from GC and called Girls & Boys."
Andrew pressed the blue play button and the words started to appear above it. The students were up and dancing again. " Educated, with money, he's well dressed, not funny and not much to say in most conversations but he'll pay the bill in most situations cause he pays for everything. Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money. Boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny. Paper or plastic don't matter she'll have it. Vacation and shopping sprees these are a few of her favorite things."
When this song came to an end most of the students found a seat where ever they could. Draco Malfoy who refused to dance at all with a Slytherin girl who asked him was sitting with his feet on the chair part of the seat. Ron was sitting on his desk as was Harry. Hermione was sitting in her chair. Everyone that was dancing was trying to catch their breath.
" So what do you guys think? Guy's do you really think its true that girls only want guys with cars and money? Girls is it true that guys laugh at things that aren't funny?" Andrew was willing to hear what the girls had to say. " How about you miss Granger."
" I think that it goes for both girls and guys. Guy's want this attractive girl on his arm no matter if she is a blabbering idiot, just like girls wanna have a guy who is drop dead gorgeous no matter how terrible he treats her." Hermione looked over at Cho and then at Harry.
" I think Granger is just jealous cause no guy will want a mudblood like her!" Draco spat to the class. The Slytherins started laughing. Hermione got up and punched Malfoy.
" Malfoy I do not tolerate that type of language in my class 50 points from Slytherin, and detention for 2 weeks!" Andrew waved his wand and the CD player disappeared along with the CD.
" What about Granger? She punched me! She should have points taken away!" Malfoy sat back in his chair.
" As far as I'm concerned you had it coming to you Malfoy, but as I didn't witness Granger punching you all I have is your word against hers." Andrew did see Hermione punch Malfoy though his back was turned, but he knew what it was like to get picked on and knew how much punching Malfoy must of ment to Hermione.
" Wait until My father hears about this, you are going to be in so much trouble!" Malfoy spat and then stormed out of class. Once class ended and everyone was scattered around the hallway Malfoy found Granger. " Just you wait!" Malfoy then turned the corner and left.
The four of them went and sat outside under the tree by the lake since they had a little time to kill before their next class. Harry remembered being inside Professor Snape's thoughts and seeing his dad play with the Snitch and trying to impress a group of girls which included Lily Evans, his mother. He always wondered if he had kids what they would think if they ever saw images like that of him.
" I'm definitly going to enjoy muggle studies this year! I'm glad they finally got Professor Hamish to retire. I loved that band also, I think I'm going to have to ask my parents to go and get their cd when I get back. What did you guys think?" Hermione looked over at everyone else but their attention was now being diverted to the castle hallways.
Some one from the Scoobie gang had quite a fright since they were running out of the castle and along the side of the lake. " I wonder what's going on? I hope everything isn't as bad as it seems." Zoe got up and walked over to the visitor.
" Hey Dawn what's wrong?" Zoe stopped Dawn from almost falling into the lake.
" I was attacked by flying Ink bottles! Everywhere I turned a bottle would hit me." Dawn was right her hair and clothes were covered in blue and black ink. " It was one of the ghosts that did it I'm suprised that he didn't come out here with those things." Zoe walked Dawn back to the group.
" Are you all right? Here Scourgify. Sorry about that I guess no body warned you about Peeves the poltergist. Be careful when he's around, he plays the nastiest tricks on students." Hermione said while helping Dawn clean her clothes and hair.
" Thanks. I wish I could do that but my sister doesn't want me messing with magic. Probably because of Will's little power trip. I'm Dawn Summers by the way. I already know who you all are Zoe told me last night. Its great to meet you. Well I better go we're leaving in a few minutes. We were suppose to leave earlier but there was some sort of problem between Angel and Buffy." With that Dawn got up to leave.