"Well, don't all mothers?" she asked, wrinkling her nose slightly, her voice a little flatter than it had been, but just for a moment. "Practical application always cements the knowledge. Also trying to teach others something. I found that out when I tutored others while I was at school." She'd been an excellent prefect and not only catering to her house. It still rankled, just a bit, even after all this time, that she hadn't been made Head Girl. She'd been the perfect candidate, aside from the fact she'd been a Slytherin.
Sometimes she wondered if she had been Head Girl, if she'd have been able to get the help she'd needed to avoid what had happened after.
"I was the same way, except that I needed potions." She shrugged. "That, and I can be a bit of a perfectionist at times." Not like some people, but she had ambition to spare, even now, though not quite in the same vein as she had in school.