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.
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Date: 2013-06-27 11:39 pm (UTC)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.