"Good,"he said immediately, relieved that he'd made his acceptance brief. "You know what's expected of you, I'm sure, but the official requirements are in writing, and probably haven't been removed from your predecessor's office. I'll be sure to see that you have them - and the disciplinary records." Severus had no doubt that a significant factor in the Gryffindor staffing problem was his own insistence that that House be brought to the same standards of behavior as all the others, a concept no alumnus seemed to be able to grasp - but the children were wretched too, by and large, and perhaps giving Longbottom a list would help him see it for what it was.
"I can't hope to become personally familiar with all of the behavioral problems, but there's a particular clique that really ought to be broken up. I'll highlight the names for you." There were five or six he could picture clearly, strutting around like they could walk on water. "They may not yet have approached the level of Messrs. Weasley, but unchecked I'm certain they'll grow into the same sort of menaces."