June 10th, 2010

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Who: Audrey and William
When: Monday morning, Dec 21st
Where: the Divination classroom
What: awkward grading discussion, ahoy!

As Audrey had begun teaching classes, she had grown fond of finding her predecessor's notes and comments among the papers and gradebook he had left behind. He had identified the third years who were taking Divination for an easy pass. He noted which students in the fifth year Gryffindor-Slytherin should be sitting as far away from each other as possible. There was even a notation for the pair of Ravenclaw NEWT students who appeared to be sitting the class largely to write a thesis on how all Seers were frauds. (There was a side note on which scholars he had guided them towards.) Every class had detailed notes on accomplishments and disasters, and students to keep an eye on.

Which made it all the more baffling that there was just one scant mention that William Beckett, Librarian and former Ravenclaw, would be sitting his NEWT after an independent study. Not a grade, not an essay, not even any mentions of meeting times to discuss how his studies were coming along. When Schechter had asked after Beckett's exam grade, Audrey had actually had a horrifying moment where she had to admit to the headmaster she didn't know he was one of her students.

Audrey's goodwill towards Professor Trohman was running pretty low at the moment.

At this point, she had two essay topics that should be generic enough for any Ravenclaw to tie to advanced Divination, and a colleague on his way to sit an exam. She was actually kind of looking forward to hearing what Beckett had been studying.