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History of Magic

I see you have decided to take the certainly less then boring History of Magic. Professor Binns has moved on into Limbo and will not be joining us for a few more centuries. I assure you that this class will not take that long. My apologies, I should have introduced myself. I am Professor Christy and I will be your instructor for this class. You will find that I have a very forgiving nature, yet am very strict. You will turn your homework in on time. I will NOT accept late work. Failure to turn in any homework will have you removed from my class. Homework is 10 pts, though if I find your work to be above my normal standards, up to 5 E.C. pts will be awarded. I will also give the option of a small E.C. assignment that will go towards your final, if you choose to do it. My forgiving nature comes in that if over half of the class answers a question wrong on the homework, that question will be dropped. This does not mean that you can answer every question wrong and hope that everyone else does as well so the entire homework assignment is dropped. Now that I have gone over that, let the magic begin.


Today’s lesson is all about muggles and why they have never noticed all the magic being performed under their noses. This lesson can be summed up in one sentence: Muggles see what they want to see. But since this is a lesson, you need to learn why.

If magic has been performed since the dawn of time, what has made wizards and witches different then muggles? We are all human. We all have the same blood flowing through our veins. We all need to eat food and drink water to survive. So what makes us so different?

BELIEF!!!!!!

Ha, scared you, didn’t I? Good. But that is true. Our ancestors believed in the magic of universe so much that it became part of them, while muggle ancestors decided to come up with different religions, belief systems that the magic couldn’t become part of them. This should explain how muggles can give birth to witches and the other way around.

Because muggles didn’t want to believe in magic, they put on blindfolds towards it. If a dragon swooped over their head, they would make their mind think that it was a passing cloud. If a gnome appeared on their lawn, they would think that it was a muddy animal and stay away from it. You see, muggles are so blind to magic that anything, ANYTHING, is better then what is truly in front of their faces.

So, I need to explain the cover-ups of magic as well. You might be thinking, “If muggles refuse to believe in magic, why would there be magical cover-ups?” Very good question, very good. It’s because there are some things that cannot be covered up. What if a passing dragon decided to breathe fire, or attack muggles? What if a herd of thestrals flew past a plane full of muggles that had witnessed death? What if some dark wizard cast an Unforgivable Curse on a muggle? Questions to answer a question. That’s why you all love me. And oh look, I seem to have run out of time!


Homework: worth 2 ft ink/parchment
1. What was I trying to drill into your head this lesson?
2. What makes wizards/witches different from muggles?
3. How can muggles give birth to witches/wizards and witches/wizards give birth to squibs?
4. Come up with an explanation for a muggle seeing a Bundimun.
5. Come up with a magical solution for one of the three instances mentioned in the last paragraph.
EXTRA CREDIT! Only if you purchased Muggles who notice, The Philosophy of the Mundane: Why Muggles Prefer Not to Know, or Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions at the beginning of term This E.C. will award you full points if you missed anything, and 5 pts extra if you didn’t miss anything. I will be checking your vaults…

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