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| Professor Craw's Classroom Trivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writing this from a Professor's perspective, I had to take some liberties and work out some basic ideas on school scheduling which doesn't necessarily coincide with Rowlings but I used what I knew from the first four books as a basis.� I wanted it to make some practical sense as well as for as how much each individual teacher was teaching, and how they handled the class load. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First and second years have 2 hour class blocks, while all other years have 1 hour class blocks.� They have any particular class twice a week, unless it's a double.� For example, in the same time slot they may have a mon-tue class, a wed-thur class, and a double class on Friday.� (This can be quite agonizing if it's a first year and the subject happens to be potions.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| � First and second years have:� Potions, Herbology, History, Charms, Transfiguration, Defense and also Traditional recreation (only 1 hr class, includes flying lessons.)� They have 27 hours of class time, with one afternoon (or morning) off a week.� Later years can have anywhere from 20-35 hours of class time (or more if you're Hermione Granger) a week.� Note, however, 20 hours is deceiving, for they also have a lot more out of classroom homework than 1st and 2nd years as well.� Most students from 3rd to 7th average about 24 hours a week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd-7th years have to take Potions, Herbology, History, Charms, Transfiguration and Defense as well, plus a large variety of electives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It should be remembered a lot of these classes probably have subcategories;divination might have one on crystal balls specifically, and healing arts might include anatomy, mending, proper use of remedies etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| To graduate, they need at least: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 credits in Physical Arts (such as Herbology, Potions, Item Charming, Item Creation Theory, Potion Dabbling, Arithmantics, Scroll and Spell Writing) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 credits in Practical Arts (Charms, Transfiguration, Defense) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 credits in History (Hogwarts, Ancient, Pre-modern, and Modern) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 credits in Esoteric Arts (Astrology, Divination, Symbology) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 credits in World Arts (Care of Mystical Creatures, Muggle studies, Healing Arts, Government) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 credits in Traditional Recreation (Broom training, Quidditch training, ChaserBall, Air Cricket, Winter sports) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plus they need a combined total of 165 credits to graduate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the first three books, Professor Craw spends about 32 hours in class time, plus has a 2 hour block and a one hour block of conference time every week for talking to students, detentions, meetings and research.� She also spends about 12 hours outside the classroom grading and in prep work, (magic dictation and copying just doesn't solve everything.)� On the weekends, she often has two 4-hour security shifts.� Add in Sparring Club and that's about 55 hours a week!� Add in supervising the paper and that's about 58 hours a week!� Good thing she loves her job.� She makes starting salary for a Major Art Professor, which is 75 galleons a month (plus free room and board) which equates to about $36,000 a year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Books 4-7, the Sentinel Series, is loosely based on a combination of Arthurian and Celtic legends, surrounding specifically the Callum Seal, and most the research info gathered I got from the web. (yaay web!) I hope you enjoy the twists and ironies that these combinations create in the series, it was actually pretty fun researching it and plotting it together. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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