Detention Essays
A/N- Yes, a new one this fast. I needed to cheer myself up, and felt it would be better to have some comic relief than swallow myself in angst. Here's Lupin for you.
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Task- write a 1000 word essay on why, as a perfect, you should always stop certain individuals before they go too far- Professor McGonagall.
Well, this is a new one. I have been warned about these dreadful things, so will try and keep up tradition as much as I can.
Cetain individuals (and yes, I realise who you mean, Professor) possibly should be stopped before they get too far by me and others, quite simply, because you can't take it any more. Yes, I'm insinuating that, after four years, you can't take Padfoot and Prongs as a pair. There are some quite simple reasons for this hypothesis, which I wil state for you now:
P and P have always been a problem, but as they've aged and become even better Marauders, you've aged and can't move quick enough to catch them.
Our skill combined, however, is much more than the teachers combined can take. The idea that I, as a prefect, can restrain them was a fantasy you clung onto in forlorn hope that maybe they might calm down in their final years. A terrible mistake, which I hope you will rectify at some point.
Maybe, if you did manage to detain them, you felt that giving them essays to do would bore them into submission. In fact, it has only made them feel they should write their own evaluative essays in the evenings after Maraudings, thoroughly detailing how they could have improved their last endevour. Is that what you were aiming for- finding ways to make our efforts even better? I presume no.
Admittedly, yes, I should have tried to do something to stop them, but I was trying to revise for transfiguration at the time (yes, this session is prohibiting me from actually working for the qualifications I have no need for, but want anyway) - aside the fact that it was quite funny. Snivellus upside down- did you see his underwear? The house elves need to do something about it. I certainly hope you have discussed it with them, as today's spectacle has scarred many people, including me.
I do try and uphold my duty as a prefect, but sometimes, when you've known people long enough, there's a small place in your heart that won't let you stop them from their current activity. That place kicked in today, under the tree by the lake. Could you blame me?
Ughh… I don't feel very well; I think I need to go to Madam Pomfrey's. Please excuse me from the rest of this essay….
(Teacher's note: Although Mr Lupin is currently indisposed (for the usual medical reasons), he will have to complete this essay at some point. As well as this, he will be returning for another detention to discuss his seeming lack of care for his position, and blatent disregard for the teaching staff as he runs rampant with friends, making our lives living hell- M. McGonagall.)
