IC Prospective: Transfiguration Teacher

[conbat]

Character: Conrad Achenleck
Mun: Kim
Plot specific: Naw

Whoever fucking thought that it would be cute to replace my teacup with one of those disgusting Zonko trick ones, you better return my shit cup right now. This isn't even funny anymore.

I can tell a lot of you are slipping in your Transfiguration homework. I'm either going to assign more or you better start performing better in classes. We're slowly transitioning from less complex objects to living creatures. Your cups with rat tails aren't exactly satisfactory. Nor are the furry teacups. Unless you're aiming to be the next Oppenheim I would recommend you trying a little harder.

If you have any problems, the point of me being around is to help with those. Fucking Christ. Shit.

Comments

[nunganunga_k_o]

But Professor, does anyone really need a rat to be a cup? Ever? I am not taking tea from anything that used to be in the sewers.

[conbat]

No. But it's to help you learn how to transfigure things that might actually be helpful when you leave school. This is just a viable option that makes it easier on you to learn the same skills that you can use for more useful options.

I'm sure you wouldn't want to potentially fu screw up something you hold more dear to you.

[nunganunga_k_o]

What are the chances that after I'll leave school, I'll desperately need to have tea time and I'll find a family of voles or whatever and go, "Oh, smashing, now all I need is biscuits, pip pip cheerio"?

I know you are expecting other situations, but this is the reality of what you are teaching.

[conbat]

If you like, I can switch your assignments specifically to reflect more on what you might use in the world out there. Or we can have you start transfiguring your pet if you have one.

If you can't properly transfigure a rat into a tea cup, there's no way we can start on vanishing spells. This takes building up, and while actually turning a rat into a cup isn't something important. But anyone who couldn't do it won't really be expected to morph their own heads into, let's say, a shark. Maybe that's something out of the blue, but what if your only chance of escape were to go underwater? Maybe you're lucky and are adept with the bubblehead charm and you don't need to transfigure yourself, but it's a situation you don't want to trap yourself into if you can't do it.

Risking students into performing those kind of things defeats the purpose of a safe, learning environment.