My name is Becky van Leeuwen and I’m 16 years old. Like every girl of my age I go to high school. But my school is probably a bit different than yours. Just a bit. I mean, I have the normal subjects like Math, English, Chemistry. It’s mostly the teachers that are a bit different, and the way the teach us. What’s so different? Let’s say it’s like ‘a bit of magic here and a bit of death there’. You still don’t see what the difference is, do you? Okay then, here’s how a normal week looks like;
Monday, first break: “Oi, Chantal, how was P.E.?” I yell, when I see Chantal walking through the doors of the school. “Ah, you know, the usual. Voldie made us run 50 rounds, after which we had to make 200 sit-ups. I might have protested and had to duel with him. After that he killed someone. Again. How was Literature?” “Also the usual. One of the Marc’s [I’m in a class with 3 Marc’s] made him stutter badly again. Nobody knows what he was saying, so I just finished my book.” Chantal starts laughing. “Ha, I wonder how my 4th period is going to be.” “Oh right, English from Quirrell, right? I don’t know, but I think that’s better than his Literature class.” “Well, I’d prefer McGonagall.” “Yeah, she’s an awesome teacher. Though I might have to go to English now, or I’ll get more work than the others.” I give her a hug. “See you in the lunch break. Say hi to Tubbs and Mone for me, ‘kay?”
Tuesday, lunch break: “I really liked Raxacoricofallapatorius. ‘Twas awesome!” Kayleigh, Simone and I are walking through the corridors on our way to our lunch spot; the end of the corridor next to the auditorium, where no-one else is having lunch. “You know, I can’t believe Raxacoricofallapatorius is the sister planet of Clom.” I say as an answer. “Oh, hey guys.” Almost everyone of the group is already on the spot; Lotte, Chantal, Laura, Lisanne, Kyra, Liza, Jos, Matthijs, Hermoine. “Hey guys!” Lotte hugs us. “Where are Harry and Ron?” “They walked right behind us.” Simone looks around while she says that. “Oh look, there they are.” “Sorry Hermoine, some Slytherin guys where holding us up.” “But then Moody turned Draco into a ferret.” Ron fills in. “Oh, again?” Hermoine makes a face in disgust. “Yeah, but don’t worry. McGonagall saw it and gave Moody a speech about how ‘we don’t turn students into ferrets as their punishment’.” Before Hermione can start arguing, Kayleigh drops another subject. “Anyway, Astronomy class was awesome. The Doctor took us to Raxacoricofallapatorius where we had to make sketches from the planet and her species.” “It was really cool.” “Yeah, but still. Raxacoricofallapatorius, Clom. Clom, Raxacoricofallapatorius…” I say, still thinking about the names of the sister planets. Apparently everyone’s looking at me, not understanding, because Simone gives an explanation. “She doesn’t understand that one has the longest, most complicated name in the whole wide universe and the other one is just one simple syllable.” As an answer, everybody’s making noises meaning that they understand it. Meanwhile, somewhere a cell phone beeps. “Oh, that’s mine.” Lotte takes a look. “Oh, the twins are planning a joke on Filch.” She grabs my arm and together we walk away before anyone can protest.
Wednesday, lunch break: “Hey Becky, I just saw Lotte in the atrium, she’s buying a sandwich at the canteen, she said you guys went to 1599. That’s awesome!” Kayleigh walks towards me. “Yeah, we met Shakespeare. Nice guy.” “We had to defeat the Carrionites by screaming Expelliarmus! Haha. By the way, I think Kreacher really hates me. He wouldn’t give me the change. Dobby hit him with a frying pan and gave me my change.” Lotte has come back from buying a sandwich. “It was really funny. Though I don’t understand why Queen Elizabeth I was so angry and we had to go to the TARDIS as soon as possible…” “So you’ve also met Queen Elizabeth?” “No, we had to run away from Queen Elizabeth. That’s something different.” I just stand there watching the girls argue with each other. “You know, this is one of the reasons why I love you guys.” I say, smiling. “Anyway, I have to go to P.E. Tonks said we we’re going to try to play Quidditch, even though most of the class does not know how to fly a broom.” Kayleigh and Lotte start laughing. “Well, good luck then.” I give the girls a hug and walk to parking lot to get my bike.
Thursday, third break: “Hey guys, Art class after the break. Woohoo.” Lisanne, Laura and I are the only ones at the lunch spot. “Ah well, it’s just Trelawney with her Inner Eye. I mean, nothing is more creepy than Voldemort as your Art teacher.” “Yeah, and I don’t think her class can get worse than my German class from last period. Lockhart let us discover what the German word was for Cornish Pixies by releasing some. I think he’s still busy catching the last ones.” “Oh right, Lisanne, you got German from Lockhart. Poor you.” I have to resist the urge to start laughing. “Oh, he’s a horrible teacher, but I think Chantal got a worse one for French. She’s got Alecto Carrow.” Laura shivers. “I think I must be very happy with not having French or German.” I can hear the bell ring for the next period. “Shall we go to class? I wonder what Trelawney is letting us create this time.”
Friday, first break: “Hey guys, Lupin is sick again, so that means no Latin today.” Simone sits down. “Great, that means 3 periods of nothing and history class instead of Classic Culture. Though the last thing is not that bad. I heard we would continue the trip to 1599 today.” I think of what happened Wednesday. “Hey, I heard Lupin is sick.” Lotte drops her bag and sits down next to me. “Has anyone ever noticed that he’s sick once a month? It’s like he’s having a period or something.” Everybody thinks about what Lotte said. “Or he’s a werewolf. I mean, it’s a full moon tonight.” I say after a little time of silence. “Hmm, who knows. Anyway, I think I should go to the other building. If I’m too late Moody’s going to turn me into a ferret. See you guys later.” Even though Simone and I are too lazy to get up, Lotte hugs us and walks away. “So, shall we go to the library and study or are we going to hang out in our dorm?” “Dorm please. Madame Pinch is not there today, and the Bloody Baron is scary as hell.”
Now, if you haven’t skipped the above, you should probably get that our school is different than others. And these were just a few chats about the teachers and the classes. You should also know that Kreacher and Dobby are just two of the house-elves working in the canteen. Yep, house-elves. That’s not weird at all, I mean, there are also ghosts and talking portraits at our school. A few portraits and ghosts are even teachers.
Let’s see, what should you know more… Oh right. At my school we got 6 years. I’m in my 5th year, which makes me a Junior. But that was not what I was going to tell. In the last 3 years, everyone follows the subjects he or she chooses next to the subjects that are chosen by the school. These required school subjects are Dutch and English, Literature, Math, Classical Culture and a Classical langue (Latin or Greek) or both, if you like. Two of the most popular optional subjects are History and Astronomy. What’s actually quite funny, because in the first 3 years, History is the most boring and awful subject and Astronomy is not in your set of subjects yet. Then why are these two so popular in the latest years? Well, first thing is the teacher; The Doctor. His real name is actually Barty Crouch Jr., but he prefers to be called The Doctor. Only if you want his dark side to show, you should call him Barty. The three teachers in the first 3 years are a ghost who only gives lectures, and ghost who’s head is half cut off, and a portrait. Anyway, the second thing is that you really travel through time and space. The Doctor has this machine called the TARDIS, short for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It looks like a blue police box, but it’s way bigger on the inside. Like the most rooms in our school. And like the school itself. I’ll come to that later. Anyway, in the History classes we travel to the time we need to know facts about for on the tests. In the Astronomy classes we travel to planets where we have to make sketches and interview the species living there. It’s a lot of fun.
Okay, the bigger on the inside thing. Well, on the outside our school is a small building with four floors, but on the inside it’s a lot bigger. In fact, there are 6 floors above the ground, then you have the locker room right beneath it, and beneath that we have the dormitories. I thought the building has in its total like 10 or 11 floors, but there might be some more floors that are unknown to most students. There is a special P.E. building a few hundred meters away, but that’s normal in size; more schools use it for their P.E. classes.
In fact, there are a lot of things you should know about my school and everyone and everything inside it, but I’m just going to let you find out the rest yourself. Deal?
Let’s see, what should you know more… Oh right. At my school we got 6 years. I’m in my 5th year, which makes me a Junior. But that was not what I was going to tell. In the last 3 years, everyone follows the subjects he or she chooses next to the subjects that are chosen by the school. These required school subjects are Dutch and English, Literature, Math, Classical Culture and a Classical langue (Latin or Greek) or both, if you like. Two of the most popular optional subjects are History and Astronomy. What’s actually quite funny, because in the first 3 years, History is the most boring and awful subject and Astronomy is not in your set of subjects yet. Then why are these two so popular in the latest years? Well, first thing is the teacher; The Doctor. His real name is actually Barty Crouch Jr., but he prefers to be called The Doctor. Only if you want his dark side to show, you should call him Barty. The three teachers in the first 3 years are a ghost who only gives lectures, and ghost who’s head is half cut off, and a portrait. Anyway, the second thing is that you really travel through time and space. The Doctor has this machine called the TARDIS, short for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It looks like a blue police box, but it’s way bigger on the inside. Like the most rooms in our school. And like the school itself. I’ll come to that later. Anyway, in the History classes we travel to the time we need to know facts about for on the tests. In the Astronomy classes we travel to planets where we have to make sketches and interview the species living there. It’s a lot of fun.
Okay, the bigger on the inside thing. Well, on the outside our school is a small building with four floors, but on the inside it’s a lot bigger. In fact, there are 6 floors above the ground, then you have the locker room right beneath it, and beneath that we have the dormitories. I thought the building has in its total like 10 or 11 floors, but there might be some more floors that are unknown to most students. There is a special P.E. building a few hundred meters away, but that’s normal in size; more schools use it for their P.E. classes.
In fact, there are a lot of things you should know about my school and everyone and everything inside it, but I’m just going to let you find out the rest yourself. Deal?
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