Fourth Years, Lesson Six

Landon glanced up from a book he was reading before noticing that it was almost time for class. Landon flipped the book he was reading on its side, remembering the page he was on. Once Professor Carter was sure everyone was settled after walking into the classroom, he began to speak, "If you didn't know, today will be your last lesson before it starts to get serious and you will be heading into your OWL year. Unless of course you are repeating, but no one here seems to be needing to do that so that's not a worry!" Landon was happy with how well his students were doing and was glad to be seeing them grow up to their senior years where he knew they'll all do well. "This lesson is going to be fun, and I would appreciate it if you could all participate. Now, who can tell me what a bubotuber looks like?" Hands were raised and Landon pointed to a student sitting in the front row. He beamed when they managed to get the answer right.

"Yes, exactly right! 3 points to your house! Next question: How do you extract pus from a bubotuber?" Landon acknowledged someone sitting further back this time and happily listened to their explanation. "Thank you! 2 points to you." he told them, happy that they were all willing to answer his questions. "What colour are the dead leaves of the Abyssinian Shrivelfigs?" It was an easy question and a smaller student managed to get it right. "1 point to you!" he exclaimed, giving them a curt nod.

Once he was sure his students were able to answer any question thrown at them, Landon hesitated before speaking again, not really sure how he was going to cope with seeing them all grow up. "Now, because you're all wonderful witches and wizards, I'm going to give you all a small gift of admiration in hopes that you'll do well in your OWLs next year." Landon reached underneath his workbench and retrieved a box full of muggle study stationery, from pencils to sticky notes to old sharpeners. "On the way out, please don't hesitate to grab any of these. They’re muggle stationery... As a child I tended to use these a lot and... well, just take one." The man scratched his head as his students began to stand up and make their way out of the greenhouse, some deciding to take what he was offering and some not. He tried not to let the latter get to him too much as he happily waved them all goodbye from the greenhouse door, sad to have to let them go to another professor but confident that they would all do well nonetheless.

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Homework: RP the lesson. The first three different people to answer the questions get house points.

 

[Sofi Ayre]

Sofi arrived for Herbology and listened to Professor Carter introduce the lesson. She raised her hand for the first question, which she knew the answer to from her studies. "A bubotuber looks like a large black slug." She answered, smiling when she got it right and was awarded 3 house points. She listened for the rest of the lesson, then packed up and helped herself to a packet of sticky notes, which she thanked Professor Carter for on her way out.

 

[Alana Cosgrove]

Alana sat in the greenhouse for what would be the last time under Professor Carter and listened to him firing off review questions; she didn’t answer any of them, but wrote down any of the answers to questions she hadn’t been sure about. Once that was over, Alana took out some of the notes she had made during the year and spent the rest of the lesson going over them. On her way out, she took some of the stationery that Professor Carter was giving out, why not? Maybe James would get a kick out of them.