I'm glad you remembered to make this private! For a minute I thought you'd said all that flat out, and while who cares about Weasley or Longbottom seeing it, Thomas can be so prickly. And nevermind Carrow!! He'd probably Cruciate you if you criticised him like that where he might see it.
But as for what's going on...well, I mean, I think having the Azkaban guards nearby is sort of unsettling everyone, isn't it? But Professor Carrow especially. He was actually held in Azkaban last year, for a while, anyways. Bobolis says she thinks Mr Malfoy arranged that especially because he doesn't care for Professor Carrow, but if he doesn't, he's hardly alone, is he? And anyway I know Mr Malfoy's powerful but I don't think the Minister would put someone in Azkaban just because Mr Malfoy told him to do.
So I guess he's having trouble - Professor Carrow, I mean - and he's more fractious than usual. In Ravenclaw we just hop to whatever he says to do, without giving him any reason to fuss. But sometimes I think he actually wants the excuse to be vicious, you know? So once in a while I'll Confound Brocklehurst or Capper when Professor Carrow's back's turned, so they'll give a wrong answer and let him fume a bit and then he's all right for the rest of the lesson.
Really it's all a question of knowing how to handle people, I think, don't you?
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Date: 2010-10-28 06:18 pm (UTC)But as for what's going on...well, I mean, I think having the Azkaban guards nearby is sort of unsettling everyone, isn't it? But Professor Carrow especially. He was actually held in Azkaban last year, for a while, anyways. Bobolis says she thinks Mr Malfoy arranged that especially because he doesn't care for Professor Carrow, but if he doesn't, he's hardly alone, is he? And anyway I know Mr Malfoy's powerful but I don't think the Minister would put someone in Azkaban just because Mr Malfoy told him to do.
So I guess he's having trouble - Professor Carrow, I mean - and he's more fractious than usual. In Ravenclaw we just hop to whatever he says to do, without giving him any reason to fuss. But sometimes I think he actually wants the excuse to be vicious, you know? So once in a while I'll Confound Brocklehurst or Capper when Professor Carrow's back's turned, so they'll give a wrong answer and let him fume a bit and then he's all right for the rest of the lesson.
Really it's all a question of knowing how to handle people, I think, don't you?