On another topic entirely, how was careers advice? Who'd you ask to come?
I asked for Madam Pomfrey. It was -- interesting, I guess. I told them I'd muffed my Dark Arts practical but that Professor Dolohov had hinted he'd let me in to his class anyway. Madam Pomfrey thinks it's a terrible idea for a future Healer to take NEWT Dark Arts. Professor Slughorn disagreed completely because he said Professor Dolohov had taken an interest in me and his sponsorship and support could get me into programmes that wouldn't ordinarily consider a half-blood.
The main reason for a future Healer to take Dark Arts is to learn about curses and curse damage and undoing curse damage. Madam P pointed out that as unlikely as I was to get into an Apprenticeship programme at all, the curse damage specialty was even LESS likely to let a half-blood in. Professor Slughorn thought that ordinarily that would be the case but if Professor Dolohov wanted me in such a programme an exception might be made, and regardless, I should do whatever I could to stay in his good graces regardless of my future goals.
Madam Pomfrey said that I probably wouldn't get a decent mark on the Dark Arts NEWT either, for precisely the same reason that I muffed the OWL, since the NEWT-level spells are even nastier and I'm not going to want to cast them, nor should I, as a future Healer, violate my ethics in such a manner, and she suggested I ask Professor Dolohov if I could study with him independently, instead of taking the regular Dark Art NEWT class.
I can't say as I'm thrilled with either option. Either taking NEWT Dark Arts or having to be alone in a room with Professor Dolohov every week. But the latter would at least be something that would keep me in his good graces and I wouldn't have to worry about being asked to cruciate a muggle on the exam at the end.
Oh and Slughorn also thought I should have a backup plan. Something else I wouldn't mind doing because even if Dolohov likes me, he thinks Healing is an overly ambitious goal for a 'student in my circumstances' and so I said maybe as a fallback I'd become a nanny because I'm good with children. Of course I don't even need to go on to NEWTs to become a nanny but at least he didn't try to persuade me I ought to just give up now and go do that.
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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good
Date: 2013-06-06 06:13 pm (UTC)I asked for Madam Pomfrey. It was -- interesting, I guess. I told them I'd muffed my Dark Arts practical but that Professor Dolohov had hinted he'd let me in to his class anyway. Madam Pomfrey thinks it's a terrible idea for a future Healer to take NEWT Dark Arts. Professor Slughorn disagreed completely because he said Professor Dolohov had taken an interest in me and his sponsorship and support could get me into programmes that wouldn't ordinarily consider a half-blood.
The main reason for a future Healer to take Dark Arts is to learn about curses and curse damage and undoing curse damage. Madam P pointed out that as unlikely as I was to get into an Apprenticeship programme at all, the curse damage specialty was even LESS likely to let a half-blood in. Professor Slughorn thought that ordinarily that would be the case but if Professor Dolohov wanted me in such a programme an exception might be made, and regardless, I should do whatever I could to stay in his good graces regardless of my future goals.
Madam Pomfrey said that I probably wouldn't get a decent mark on the Dark Arts NEWT either, for precisely the same reason that I muffed the OWL, since the NEWT-level spells are even nastier and I'm not going to want to cast them, nor should I, as a future Healer, violate my ethics in such a manner, and she suggested I ask Professor Dolohov if I could study with him independently, instead of taking the regular Dark Art NEWT class.
I can't say as I'm thrilled with either option. Either taking NEWT Dark Arts or having to be alone in a room with Professor Dolohov every week. But the latter would at least be something that would keep me in his good graces and I wouldn't have to worry about being asked to cruciate a muggle on the exam at the end.
Oh and Slughorn also thought I should have a backup plan. Something else I wouldn't mind doing because even if Dolohov likes me, he thinks Healing is an overly ambitious goal for a 'student in my circumstances' and so I said maybe as a fallback I'd become a nanny because I'm good with children. Of course I don't even need to go on to NEWTs to become a nanny but at least he didn't try to persuade me I ought to just give up now and go do that.
How'd yours go?