"Oh, potions are very practical..." Essery hadn't meant to denounce the subject, even though she'd always heard he'd wanted the DADA position more than his own. "Just not something I was any good at. I melted more cauldrons than any other Hufflepuff, my first and second years..." She laughed at the memory and moved her knight again, this time taking one of his pawns and lining up to take his knight on her next move.
"I think Muggle Studies is practical too. There are few things as ridiculous as a grown man who can't manage to hail a cab for himself on a muggle street. Or who screams when a phone rings..."