"The biggest thing was recognition as a being and not a creature and their rights as being equal to us in intellect and magical ability," he explained. "It was stronger in the northern reached of Europe than here at first because most of the goblins still were spread throughout their natural area."
It was a lot to remember and the classes were hardly interesting enough to keep people foucused willingly. Testing on history was worse because names and numbers mix and it was easy the get lost in the time frames. The boy knew his ability to memorize was useful, especially for classes like History of Magic.