Not at all, Corax. Any assistance you need; you are operating under Our Lord's express wishes, after all. We must all bend to His greater understanding of what will produce the results He desires.

In order, then: Bigger classes, yes. And the standards were entirely lower at the time, too. All manner of rabble competing alongside true wizards, that ridiculous blood-traitor Dumbledore at the helm and no small amount of tolerance for idiocy. Nonetheless, Holroyd and I placed first and second respectively - her ranking due, no doubt, to Dumbledore's favouritism for another Gryffindor.

And yes, we're aware. Further proof Our Lord's theories regarding magical inheritance have merit.