xxxASTRONOMY ~ EExxx
- ■ Riddles wasn't, as a rule, overly concerned about this class. Still, it was simple enough, and she's never had trouble with rote memorization. Her grade wasn't near perfect, but it was certainly above average, which she was quite pleased with.
xxxCHARMS ~ EExxx
- ■ While perfectly adept at wandwork, it is admittedly not her strongest skill. So, all of her courses which require it suffer just the slightest. Still, she's quite determined to do well, and never let something like a little difficulty with a spell get in her way. Overall, her performance is fairly impressive. You wouldn't guess by looking at her that she's not a natural.
xxxDEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS ~ EExxx
- ■ As stated, wandwork doesn't always agree with Ridley. However, the more important something feels to her, the harder she works at it. She's no stranger to the dark underbelly of the world, both magical and muggle, and thinks it's always important to know how to defend yourself. So, she worked a little harder at this than she did most of her other classes. As a result, she does quite well, despite earlier struggles.
xxxHERBOLOGY ~ Oxxx
- ■ Ridley is very close to the Blythe family, thanks to her father's friendship with Chris Whitethorne, and thus has grown up with a fairly comprehensive knowledge of plantlife. It helps that she's very patient, and retains information quite well. She never struggled with getting one plant's care instructions mixed with another, or losing track of what she was doing while handling a more delicate specimen. She's got quite the green thumb.
xxxHISTORY OF MAGIC ~ Oxxx
- ■ Riddles loves history, and was quite fond of Professor Powell. This was easily her favorite class, at least of the core lessons. She didn't have to do much in the way of studying for it, but generally could be found doing so anyway for the fun of it. She finds history both interesting and important, and was always quick to involve herself in discussions in class. She got a nearly perfect score on her exam.
xxxPOTIONS ~ Oxxx
- ■ As with Herbology, exposure to the Blythe family and specifically Professor Whitethorne aided Ridley in this course. She's always rather liked "Aunt Ada," and enjoys both practicing potions and studying their components to understand how they work. If she weren't so set on going into the music industry as some sort of talent manager or something, she would highly consider being a potioneer. As it is, perhaps she'll do it as a hobby. In any case, she's got just the right mindset to do well here, and has been studying it at least a little her whole life. So, she did very well on the exam.
xxxTRANSFIGURATION ~ EExxx
- ■ Riddles is better at transfiguration than she is at other wandowrk courses, if only because she's good at math, and transfiguration can be done using math. She's still not exactly excellent at it, but certainly better than she is at Charms and Defense. She can more or less wrap her brain around how it works, which makes things a little easier. She's far from perfect at it, but certainly above average, which is reflected in her grades and exam score.
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xxxARITHMANCY ~ Oxxx
- ■ Ridley was very, very good with numbers, in any capacity. She found them quite interesting, and enjoyed the puzzle of using something so absolute in a way which was so abstract. The crossover between this course and Divination was fascinating, as well as more practical application of the closest thing Hogwarts had to a math class. Based on the curriculum, of course, she did wonder how magical people manage to keep their books at all. Her parents, being a muggleborn and a squib, both did theirs the muggle way, so she's not sure how exactly magical people manage to keep their businesses running.
xxxART ~ EExxx
- ■ The art professor is, of course, Riddles' aunt, and in fact her mother's twin sister. While the visual arts do not come as easily to Riddles as the performing arts, she is still fairly good at them. Her issue is mostly that while she has the fundamentals down pat, she's not horribly creative herself. Her work is technically quite good, but lacking in imagination. Still, the technical skill combined with her knowledge of art theory and history ensured a fairly high mark on this exam.
xxxCARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES ~ Axxx
- ■ Ridley is very smart, and so she is very good at knowing how to care for animals. However, she is also sort of awkward, and doesn't quite know what to do with herself in the presence of an actual animal. So, while she knows the proper behavior and care she should be showing, her execution is somewhat clumsy at times. She's also a bit on the nervous side with larger animals, which are exactly the sort of animals you don't want to be nervous around. So, while she did very well on her written exam, her practical was something of a wash.
xxxHEALING ~ EExxx
- ■ Healing is a practical skill that Ridley firmly believes any and everyone should at least be familiar with the basics of. As such, she paid very close attention in class, should she ever have need of what was taught in it. As always, her wandwork leaves something to be desired, but she's very patient, and so yields decent results, if it takes her a little too long. Her main flaw is that if she's not confident she'll perform a spell correctly, she doesn't do it, since messing up healing magic can have catastrophic results.
xxxMUSIC ~ Oxxx
- ■ Being raised by a musician, and with an older 'brother' who would eventually go on to be a fairly well-known artist (so far), Riddles is very familiar with music. She's not quite naturally gifted here, but her musical knowledge and creativity is at least a dramatic improvement over her skills withe visual art. She also has a very pretty singing voice, and can play a wide variety of instruments.
xxxMYTHOLOGY ~ EExxx
- ■ Mythology is one of Riddles' favorite classes, and she's a very active participant in the class discussion. Of course, she does suffer a little from on occasion getting a little too heated. She also tends to overthink anything that could potentially have multiple interpretations, or has conflicting accounts. Most of the time when she misses a question on an exam, it's because she spent too much time trying to remember the origin and credibility of a particular version of a myth. She also tends to drown in existential questions. Still, it's basically history, and she's very good at history.
xxxWANDLESS MAGIC PRACTICE CLASS ~ EExxx
- ■ Riddles had hoped that learning wandless magic might help her discipline herself better, so that she could perform spells easier with her wand. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out this way. Her struggle with spellwork simply meant that she struggled more in this class than most people. Her saving grace was that she's very patient, and good at keeping her emotions in check. However, she barely managed to get an EE on this exam.
xxxWIZARD LAW ~ Oxxx
- ■ Given that Riddles intends to eventually become a manager for magical musicians, knowing the law is very important for her future. As such, she has been studying it since even before she actually could take the elective, and indeed before she even started school. She finds it very interesting, although sometimes she thinks that the people writing the laws are idiots. Alternatively, she thinks that when the laws were written, they were perhaps very smart, but it's 20-bloody-46 now and apparently the wizarding world still thinks it's 1885. Still, she knows the ins and outs quite well, like the back of her hand, even if she doesn't always agree.
Petition for higher than average grades because Ridley is a freaking nerd and doesn't have anything better to do than study all the time. I tried to drop some of the grades down to A's and she gave me a Look.
Extension granted until 7/7/2019 ~ Dia
