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Serena Laverty, if you're reading this, I have a proposal for you.
When Johns and I saw Professor Carrow today about our part of the Transfiguration project, he told us he's really pleased with the group's NEWT-level work, and--this is really brilliant-- he said that for the first time ever, he's got a large enough number of high achievers to push what we've been working on beyond the regular curriculum. He said we might even be able to take on a bit of really advanced research when we come back after Christmas. The thing is, he'd need at least six of us to commit to continue working on it for the remainder of the year, but he says it will be the sort of project guaranteed to impress when we're applying for work or trying to get into top training programmes. Professor Carrow is going to send something around to everyone preparing for NEWTs, inviting us to apply for a place. (The ones who don't take part or aren't accepted will just continue on with the standard NEWTs material.) Johns and I talked over lunch, and we decided that it does seem a seriously good opportunity, but it comes down to who'd be in the group, doesn't it? If you've got some time tonight or tomorrow afternoon, we want to tell you more about it. I think we all know we're top of our year, so if we'd all do it and could get the right three or four others in with us, it would be fantastic. Come find us in Ravenclaw Corner and tell us what you think.
I've had another bit of really good news that I want to mention here because some of you might wish to arrange something similar for your Easter hols. I had a letter today from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, offering me an internship with the Aurors for this coming holiday. My supervisor will be Bellatrix Lestrange, and I'm really chuffed about this, because she's the very best there is. It's amazing, really, to think that I'll get to spend three weeks working in her department, learning what a top Auror does from day to day. I couldn't be more excited.
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Finally, and on another subject entirely:
Honestly, people. It's not only bad form and against school rules to duel in the corridors, it shatters concentration for all of us who take our studies seriously. We were not sent to school to practise turning one another's ears into chrysanthemums, nor would our parents wish to learn that rather than revising for exams, some of us are studying to ambush people with stumbling hexes as they leave the library. The Head Boy and I have practised restraint in dealing with these disturbances, but things have only grown more and more chaotic. Moran was quite right, therefore, to use the Cruciatus curse in the situation that confronted him yesterday, and you may expect that from here on, neither of us will hesitate to use the full range of disciplinary measures entrusted to us as head students. We will not allow the unruly elements amongst us to drag this school into utter chaos. I hope I have made myself entirely clear.
When Johns and I saw Professor Carrow today about our part of the Transfiguration project, he told us he's really pleased with the group's NEWT-level work, and--this is really brilliant-- he said that for the first time ever, he's got a large enough number of high achievers to push what we've been working on beyond the regular curriculum. He said we might even be able to take on a bit of really advanced research when we come back after Christmas. The thing is, he'd need at least six of us to commit to continue working on it for the remainder of the year, but he says it will be the sort of project guaranteed to impress when we're applying for work or trying to get into top training programmes. Professor Carrow is going to send something around to everyone preparing for NEWTs, inviting us to apply for a place. (The ones who don't take part or aren't accepted will just continue on with the standard NEWTs material.) Johns and I talked over lunch, and we decided that it does seem a seriously good opportunity, but it comes down to who'd be in the group, doesn't it? If you've got some time tonight or tomorrow afternoon, we want to tell you more about it. I think we all know we're top of our year, so if we'd all do it and could get the right three or four others in with us, it would be fantastic. Come find us in Ravenclaw Corner and tell us what you think.
I've had another bit of really good news that I want to mention here because some of you might wish to arrange something similar for your Easter hols. I had a letter today from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, offering me an internship with the Aurors for this coming holiday. My supervisor will be Bellatrix Lestrange, and I'm really chuffed about this, because she's the very best there is. It's amazing, really, to think that I'll get to spend three weeks working in her department, learning what a top Auror does from day to day. I couldn't be more excited.
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Finally, and on another subject entirely:
Honestly, people. It's not only bad form and against school rules to duel in the corridors, it shatters concentration for all of us who take our studies seriously. We were not sent to school to practise turning one another's ears into chrysanthemums, nor would our parents wish to learn that rather than revising for exams, some of us are studying to ambush people with stumbling hexes as they leave the library. The Head Boy and I have practised restraint in dealing with these disturbances, but things have only grown more and more chaotic. Moran was quite right, therefore, to use the Cruciatus curse in the situation that confronted him yesterday, and you may expect that from here on, neither of us will hesitate to use the full range of disciplinary measures entrusted to us as head students. We will not allow the unruly elements amongst us to drag this school into utter chaos. I hope I have made myself entirely clear.
