It is time for all of you to be thinking very hard not only about NEWTs, but about your final projects. I would like to see topics from all of you by the end of this week.

( Private to Harry )

As experiments go--well, this one was an utter failure. Brid, I appreciate your attempts to be thoughtful, however misguided. Truly. But don't ever, ever do that again.

( Private. )

( Private to Arthur, Brid, Kingsley, McGonagall )

There was a time when Saturday nights were relaxing. I'm not being too nostalgic here--I think I could venture to say that as recently as last week, it was pleasant enough to spend a night reading over the excellent essays my Advanced Defence classes have turned in--I am truly proud of you all--and perhaps working on a project or two of my own ( Read more... )

It doesn't seem like it's been quite such a long time.

Or perhaps longer. It's hard to tell.

When classes meet in the library, you are there to research and write. We do, in fact, do a good deal of practical application in the classroom, and while I am glad to hear this is useful to you, you really must refrain from practising it other places ( Read more... )

All Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts students should remember that your essays on the practical ethics of Dark magic are due on Friday. Between three and seven feet, in a reasonable and legible size of handwriting. Tomorrow you will meet in the library and work on them, under Madame Pince's supervision ( Read more... )

( Private. )

Purple, I think, is not Ashby's colour, though one might say it actually suits Wakefield rather well. Impressive...most people can't pull off that shade of skin ( Read more... )

( Private. )