August sat there and listened intently as Professor Scabior talked and talked and talked about Wands and their cores; hsi quill moving across his parchment as fast as he could take notes. He hadn't known any of this stuff and then the Gryffindor was thinking about how much he ahd just taken his newly acquired wand for granted.

Now being Muggleborn he really didn't know much about wand woods but he had learned a few things since being in the Wizarding World these past four months. "Well Professor I know that there are certain types of wood that are used for wands like Holly, Willow, hawthorne, etc. And that all woods are not always acceptable." He nodded and then continued. "Also the wood doesn't necessarily have to be completely brittle either. The flexability is a key factor in a wand's identity." There he had exhausted his little bit of wand knowledge.