Third Years, Lesson One

Landon was very excited to be teaching his new batch of third years after a fun year last year looking after the Mandrakes. It was definitely a challenge for some of them, but they had done it, and Landon couldn't be more proud of them for learning a new skill. The man confidently stood at the front of the Herbology greenhouse with a smile on his face, hoping that they would enjoy their lessons this semester.

Once all of the students had entered the classroom and taken a seat, Landon began to speak to the class. "Good afternoon class and welcome to your third year of Herbology!" Landon exclaimed, smiling at his students. “For those of you who don’t know me, I'm Professor Carter and I will be your permanent professor until the end of your fourth year. Today's lesson is going to be rather informative and I deeply apologise for how boring it's going to be. Lucky for you, next lesson will be much better. But for now please sit as I give you a lecture." Landon watched as a couple of the third years moaned and turned around to tap his wand on the chalkboard behind him which began to write dot points about different countries and famous herbologists.

* China is the most populated country in the world. They are most famous for Herbology.

* Chinese herbologist, Shennong wrote the first Chinese herbal medicine book which contains 365 herbs and their uses.

* Each country has their own philosophy and spiritual context regarding the way they do Herbology.

"Please copy down each of the dot points. They will all be useful for the exam at the end of the year and I've simplified them for you all." Landon paused and smiled at his class, preparing himself for what he was going to say next. "The main leading country in Herbology is China. Herbalism dates back to the Mesopotamia but China still uses herbal medicine till this day. There are also some countries that practice Herbalism but their muggle government doesn't really approve of the idea. Africa, the Americas, India and Indonesia are among other leading countries that still practice Herbalism. Though, in today's era, muggle Universities, and not just Wizarding schools, offer a course in Herbalism." Herbology linking to the muggle world was always what made the young man happy. He was always interested in the links between the muggle world and the wizarding world and was glad to teach his students what he knew.

When the lesson ended, Landon waved goodbye to his students as they packed up their belongings and exited the classroom. He wasn't too happy with how boring the lesson was for the students but he knew that if they listened to the content that they would all get good marks in the exam which was what he was hoping for. Next lesson they would be doing a lot more things which Landon was exceptionally excited for.

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Assignment: An attendance post is all that is needed. Notes can be taken for extra credit. Please also take some time to check out the Herbology Classroom Policy.

 

[Eoghan Blyth]

Eoghan was feeling a little sick, heading into his first Herbology lesson of the year. Even though he knew he wanted to do well in the subject because it was important for his career, it didn't bode well for him that he'd killed his mandrake the year before. Surely there should have been some sort of punishment for a student who couldn't even take care of a plant? Taking a seat, Eoghan took out his parchment and was relieved to see they would just be taking notes. In some ways, that was his favourite type of lesson. At the end of the class, he packed up his things and hoped this year he'd be able to redeem himself from the failure that was his last, thanking the professor on the way out.

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Susie found a good seat and sat down, happy to be back in the Herbology greenhouse at last. Every semester that she didn't have the subject felt long and boring, but the nice thing about having it in the second semester was that she knew the whole rest of the year was going to be fun. There wasn't much to do that day - just some note taking on Herbalism - but she still left the classroom feeling more relaxed than she did when she went in.​

 

[Nox Walden-Cade]

Nox was glad the fiasco with the mandrakes was behind them. It had turned out pretty traumatising in the end and he hoped that whatever they studied in third year was lesson gruesome and felt less like parenting. After an introduction it was time for a lecture, Nox sat, listened and took notes as Professor Carter told them about the differences in Herbology around the world and what some countries were particularly well known for. Nox made notes on some of the points Professor Carter said and once the lesson was over he packed everything up and made his way out of the classroom.

 

[William Potter-Cade]

William sat in the herbology greenhouse and took notes as Professor Carter talked to them about Herbology around the world and some of the things that different countries were famous for. It was kind of interesting, though William really didn't care that much but it was better than digging around to repot a mandrake. William took a few notes, mostly just to look busy during the lesson, once it was over he packed up his things and made his way out of the classroom.