Tuesday, March 2, 2010

What happens when I'm allowed to choose my essay topic;

My Time at Hogwarts

_____There was a time when I believed I was just a mere muggle. I would sit and wonder. I knew I was different from the rest of my family and my friends. My parents once found me sleeping. That would sound quite normal if it weren’t for the fact that my dog was calmly hovering beside me. At first, I didn’t believe them. But after I accidentally turned my grandmother into a jack rabbit, I knew I was somehow special. It wasn’t until my eleventh birthday until I got a letter from a school called Hogwarts. It explained all my unusual talents and gave me directions to register into a school for people like me. Now I am in my sixth year here at Hogwarts. And what a time it has been. My time at Hogwarts has been wondrous due to the quality of education, the friends I have made there and the adventures that I have experienced.
_____The education here is quite different from ones of muggles. We don’t sit in boring classrooms learning things like math that have no value to your future. First there is potions class with Professor Snape. Most of the kids don’t like him, me being one of them, but I know that learning how to compose different potions will help me a lot in life to create remedies for illnesses. There is flying lessons with Madam Hooch. I think flying is the most exhilarating experience ever. I love the way the wind feels fly past my hair. And flying suffices wonderfully since I am still too young to perform apparition. My favorite class is transfigurations with Professor McGonagall. I just think it’s really fun make my feather pens into cute little mice. And as I get into more advanced transfiguring, I realize how useful this skill will be in the future. Everything that I learn in Hogwarts, in fact, will be useful to me in the future.
_____I’ve also made a lot of great, if not a bit peculiar, friends. The first person or I should say lack of person, to make an impression on me was Nearly Headless Nick. He is the house ghost for Gryffindor. After the sorting hat chose Gryffindor as the house in which I belonged, I sat down at the long table and all of a sudden a felt a cold rush throughout myself. Startled, I looked around. What I saw was a transparent figure with his head hanging on by a mere tendon. He then introduced himself as Nick and since then, he became somewhat of an acquaintance. That very day I sat next to Neville Longbottom, not only at supper but on the train ride up as well. Neville is quite a quirky fellow but he’s good for a laugh here and there. I definitely consider him a good friend of mine. I didn’t meet Ron, Hermione and Harry until later that week in Transfigurations class. I couldn’t figure out the motion to flick my wand when Hermione came over and helped me. Ron and Harry were in her trail, of course and that day we all got off pretty well. We’ve been the best of friends since. I am so glad to have met these people here. I don’t think my life would be the same with out them.
_____ I’ve gone on some pretty crazy adventures here as well. Ron’s brothers Fred and George who are twins are constantly up to mischief. I swear, you would think these boys had to of completely disregarded they’re education if they didn’t use such crafty magic all the time. And it would be a lie if I said I was never along side of them stirring up all kinds of trouble as well. The time we flooded Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom, and when we charmed Snape’s robe to turn bright pink during class. And those are the tame ones of the lot! I’ve also been known to hide under Harry’s invisibility cloak along with him, Ron, and Hermione to visit Hargrid, the groundskeeper, after curfew. The quite large groundskeeper, I might add. Half giant, I think is what he said. We’ve never been caught during these night visits but have come deathly close more than once. With all the pressure of school, these adventures are what help keep me sane.
_____ Me entering my seventh and final year at Hogwarts this coming fall, I began to feel quite nostalgic towards my time here. Thus, I felt the need to write this string of reminiscences. I hope to never forget what I have learned in these classes which I found truly interesting and of the utmost importance. I can’t ever lose touch with these friends whom I’ve spent the last six years of my life with. And the memories of each adventure will be what keep me going till death. I am so fortunate to have had this time as Hogwarts and it will never be forgotten.

2 comments:

  1. English Teachers!
    Be wary of the open-ended essay!
    For it will consume the minds of ye students!
    And take away their topical focus forever!

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  2. Oh Dear, I'm interested in your teacher's reaction to your essay. Thanks for posting it though! Fascinating insight into the mind of an educated witch... Love ya sis, Brianna

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