Chapter 32 - Meeting (1/2)

Scene: End of the Term Professors Meeting

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All the professors were sitting in the Headmaster's office. The room was modified to accommodate all the teachers across a long table. Even the ghost Binns can be seen floating above the professors heads.

Dumbledore ”Another year has come to an end. Did anything beyond ordinary happen this year that you would like to report ? If there is nothing to report, let's talk about the new students that joined this year. Any in particular worth mentioning?”

Minerva ”It was a quiet year. The only drama was what happened to the DADA professor which we are used to by now. Coming to the new students, it is not a particularly strong batch. None of the Gryffindors have done anything praiseworthy. Even the muggleborns are not performing well in their studies.”

Flitwick ”I agree with Minerva's analysis. Even in Ravenclaw only Ms. Spiers, Mr. Broad and Mr. Falken show some level of promise. Others are only slowly improving and it would take them some more time to be able to increase their performance to an adequate level.”

Sprout ”No good addition to the Hufflepuff house among the few we got.”

Dumbledore nodded and then turned towards Severus.

Severus ”Only two Slytherins are better than the other dunderheads. Ms. Greengrass and Mr. Nott. They should be the best of this batch in terms of magical ability. Others are just wasting my time.”

Dumbledore ”Is that all? What about Mr. Falken? From his performance in the muggle world, I thought he would perform well here too.”

Flitwick ”Yes he is a genius. He is above every one of his year mates in the theory part of the subject but unfortunately he lacks the required magical reserves to perform the spells quickly and correctly. He is suffering from the same problem that a lot of genius muggle borns have faced before him. They all had the knowledge but not enough magic to do spells. I am hopeful that his stay at Hogwarts would correct the problem.”

Minerva ”Yes Mr. Falken is an intelligent boy. He was the fastest muggle raised wizards to fit into our world. He quickly picked up all the Etiquettes and has earned the respect of many purebloods due to this. The only problem other than the magic reserves that brings down his marks is that he is too lazy. He always writes short ȧssignments. Never follows my instructions about the number of words needed for the ȧssignment.”

Flitwick ”Yes. He hates writing long ȧssignments. But the content is very good and informative. I have never seen such well written and precise ȧssignments in my life. It is too bad that I have to mark him low due to the lack of required number of words. I asked him about it and he said that writing long ȧssignments cuts the time he has to read an extra book and he does not care much about ȧssignment marks. He really likes reading as he has a book in his hands all the time.”

Sprout ”He does not have much interest in Herbology from what I observed. I can see his lack of interest when he handles the different plants at the greenhouse.”