Private Message to Neville

[alt_susan]

What did you make of today's Herbology lesson?

Some of those plants sounded right fiddly to keep alive.

It's funny; I've always felt a bit guilty that I'm not more into Herbology, since Professor Sprout's my Head of House and all.

I've always been more of a Creatures girl, I guess.

Comments

[alt_neville]

I LOVED it. But I that's the kind of challenge I like: taking care of something that doesn't bite you (well, to be fair, except for venomous tentacula, I guess).

I must say that I preferred the way that Professor Brutka taught Care of Magical Creatures to the way Professor Grubbly-Plank does it...but I can hardly complain, since I REALLY prefer the way he teaches Transfiguration to the way Professor Carrow taught it. I'm so glad he's gone. Professor Carrow, I mean. I don't think I ever met anyone as him so badly suited to teaching. Or anything else to do with people, really.

One thing I learned about the Puffapods we were working with last week: they like really acid soil. I think the stuff she was handing last week didn't have quite the right pH.

[alt_susan]

See, I like the plants that keep you on your toes!

Yeah, the less said about Professor Carrow the better! I've gotten loads better at Transfig this year.

As far as Professor Grubbly-Plank, I think she just comes off a bit uptight because she's really knowledgeable but not used to having loads of students around at once.

But then, she's...not my real great-aunt, exactly, but I think of her that way, so I know what she's like really.

Anyhow, I was going to ask if maybe you wouldn't mind giving me some pointers sometime?

We could go down to the greenhouses and work on our practical revising a bit.

[alt_neville]

Sure. I have a lot of stuff I have to repot, anyway. Say after classes this afternoon?