SPOILER!!: professor
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Originally Posted by
Jessiqua 
Beatrice clanged the two small cymbals together once it seemed that everyone had contributed to the discussion. Well, almost everybody. “Great suggestions everyone. I just wanted to repeat one of the suggestions I heard. Paulina made a note that it’s easy to become discouraged, so giving a little pep talk helps. And it can absolutely be discouraging. I remember being a student and having a spell that I could NOT get the hang of. It felt like I had tried everything, and I just couldn’t do it. I became so discouraged and lost confidence in my own abilities, which affected my other subjects. So I want you all to take note of that. It’s important to give yourself a little pep talk once in a while, especially when dealing with difficult things. Because YOU ARE ALL capable if you put your mind to it.” She paused, looking at all of them. “All of you are capable if you put your mind to it,” she repeated. It was important.
After another few seconds, she moved on. “My second question, leading from that, is how do you feel when you can’t cast a spell, even one you keep practicing? Do those methods you just mentioned help? Or do you have to try something else?”
Oliver had been listening to his classmates give their answers. Well, kind of. He'd listened to a few but then it just got boring. So he absentmindedly sucked on his sucker. He had a lot of them now, considering he'd immediately jumped out of his desk when the Gryffindor boy had told him he could have his lollipops. He would have plenty for later.
Right, question-answering time. He always seemed to get distracted when it was that time. Probably because he had stopped paying attention out of boredom. But he decided he should probably raise his hand to answer, considering he had not answered the previous one. So Olly raised his hand.
"I'm only eleven, you see." ALMOST TWELVE.
"So when I can't get a spell right on the first try I don't really think it's surprising."