xxxASTRONOMY ~ Oxxx
- ■ Andi doesn't have a very good attention span, but exceptions can be made when she finds a subject interesting. She was pretty interested in space even before finding out about magic, so getting to properly study it all year rather than just a short course during the regular science classes was a major plus for her. She has a good memory for things when she applies herself, and she certainly did so in this class.
xxxCHARMS ~ Axxx
- ■ This class was something of a struggle for Andi. It mostly stemmed from her own frustration; an inability to do things right the first couple of times usually resulted in a mental state that was in no way conducive to successfully casting charms. She did well enough to pass, but mostly coasted by on the easiest spells.
xxxDEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS ~ EExxx
- ■ Andi's natural talent for wandwork lay almost entirely in the sorts of magic taught in this course. She did far better at it than her other spell lessons, and the bolstering of her pride only helped her improve. She struggled some, of course, but was bound and determined to make this one thing work for her.
xxxHERBOLOGY ~ Axxx
- ■ It's not that Andi is bad with plants, exactly. It's just that she doesn't understand them very well, and finds them a little boring, and also her head of house probably hates her. He's got good reason, since she's hardly the best behaved student, but an antagonistic relationship between the two certainly didn't help her performance in class, or on the exam. She barely passed it, and her practical was something of a disaster.
xxxHISTORY OF MAGIC ~ EExxx
- ■ Perhaps not quite as interesting as astronomy, but Andi did enjoy history of magic. It was partially out of pure spite to her magic-hating relatives, and partially because finding out where magical and muggle history intersected, and what happened in those instances, was usually interesting and often funny. The funny bits certainly stuck in her mind, and she always remembered the answers to any question that had made her laugh in class.
xxxPOTIONS ~ EExxx
- ■ Andi's not terrible at potions, but neither is she excellent. She mostly did well in this course because she wanted to be able to make her own healing potions and things so she could continue to play Quidditch. Seeing as the professor is also best friends with her... whatever Lyre is, it was easy enough to get extra help so that she could do well enough on the exam to take the NEWT.
xxxTRANSFIGURATION ~ Pxxx
- ■ And is, to be frank, terrible at Transfiguration. She's impatient, she's reckless, and she doesn't respond well to failure. Not a very good combination. It's only by the grace of the written exam and the skin of her teeth that she managed to get anything right on this exam at all, and even that wasn't enough for her to pass it.
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xxxCARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES ~ EExxx
- ■ Andi has always liked animals better than people, with a few notable exceptions. She generally got on better with her family member's pets better than she did the family members themselves. While she's not always the gentlest or most patient of people, she does make more of an effort with animals, seeing as most of them lack the reasoning capability of humans (or so people claim - she's always had her doubts). She struggles somewhat with smaller animals, because she's not always as delicate as she needs to be when handling them, but for the most part she does quite well. She also makes an active effort, which is more than can be said for her in some other areas.
xxxGHOUL AND GHOST STUDIES ~ Oxxx
- ■ Honestly, Andi took this class because when filling out her electives form, she was filled with sheer joy at the mental image of the face her mother would have hypothetically made, had she still been around. That said, she found it pretty interesting, and stayed engaged with the material for it more so than she managed to do with most other courses. This actually ended up being her favorite class, and it shows in the effort she puts forth at doing well at it, and remembering the material.
xxxHEALING ~ Axxx
- ■ Being the... niece, of a famous Quidditch player, and being generally a reckless and sometimes clumsy person, Andi figured taking healing was a smart thing to do. She's not very good at it, overall, but she's not completely terrible. She managed to squeak by mostly by managing mostly-successful spells and not making anyone's injuries or illnesses any worse, which is really all that can be asked of her.
xxxWANDLESS MAGIC ~ Dxxx
- ■ Combine Andi's already poor wandwork, combined with her impatience and temper, made this course very difficult for her. She wanted to be good at it, but that just made her failures more frustrating, and she ended up deciding pretty early on that she was rubbish at it and phoning it in for a good portion of the time she took it. By the time exams came, she was barely proficient enough to manage a D rather than a T.
Extension granted until the 7th ~ Dia [10/1/19]
