First, please do not worry. There was a teensy mishap today, but I am assured by Madam Pomfrey that all is well. I am copying her here should you have questions.
As you know from my reports, today's session involved first the lecture, then splitting the students into smaller groups to work in various spots around the castle. Your Marlon was in a group where I hoped he would be able to show some leadership and model appropriate behaviour.
Regrettfully, an altercation occurred with two of our first years - most improper of them - and Marlon slipped on a patch of smooth stone. I was not sure at first whether he might have hit his head, so naturally my very first thought was to get him appropriate care. I’ve just returned from seeing him back to his dormitory from the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey was most thorough indeed.
He also had the chance to tell me what happened - well, ill-discipline and poor parenting will win out apparently. One of the girls is that Hannah Abbott’s younger sister, Chelsea. The other is Judith Starling, also a half-blood. Both are coming to speak with me first thing in the morning, and you can be quite sure I will be most clear about my expectations for their behaviour.
Please do let me know any further steps you wish me to take. And I do believe Marlon was intending to write and reassure you himself as soon as he’d completed a few necessary assignments for tomorrow. I will be in New London on Friday, should you wish to discuss further.
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Private message to Marston Strangeweale and Poppy Pomfrey
Date: 2012-09-30 11:48 pm (UTC)First, please do not worry. There was a teensy mishap today, but I am assured by Madam Pomfrey that all is well. I am copying her here should you have questions.
As you know from my reports, today's session involved first the lecture, then splitting the students into smaller groups to work in various spots around the castle. Your Marlon was in a group where I hoped he would be able to show some leadership and model appropriate behaviour.
Regrettfully, an altercation occurred with two of our first years - most improper of them - and Marlon slipped on a patch of smooth stone. I was not sure at first whether he might have hit his head, so naturally my very first thought was to get him appropriate care. I’ve just returned from seeing him back to his dormitory from the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey was most thorough indeed.
He also had the chance to tell me what happened - well, ill-discipline and poor parenting will win out apparently. One of the girls is that Hannah Abbott’s younger sister, Chelsea. The other is Judith Starling, also a half-blood. Both are coming to speak with me first thing in the morning, and you can be quite sure I will be most clear about my expectations for their behaviour.
Please do let me know any further steps you wish me to take. And I do believe Marlon was intending to write and reassure you himself as soon as he’d completed a few necessary assignments for tomorrow. I will be in New London on Friday, should you wish to discuss further.
Dolores