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[24 Aug 2011|10:41pm] |
1. you are given a test at school that includes questions your professor hasn't covered yet. in the middle of the test you notice that your friend next to you has a cheat sheet. the professor doesn't notice. what do you do?
if they're my friend, why didn't they make me a copy? not that i needed a copy, though. whether the professor has covered it or not, i've probably got a pretty good grasp on what's going on. i usually do. if for some reason i don't, i'll probably glance at my (alleged) friend's cheat sheet occasionally. if our professor is being so daft as to not notice, there's really no harm in it. i don't really consider it compromising my education. it's only one test and i'm learning the material, even if it is off of a cheat sheet.
2. you're studying boggarts in your defense against the dark arts class. you've never encountered your boggart before and when it's finally your turn, your deepest fear emerges from the wardrobe. how do you deal with the boggart?
well, it's a bit tough to say for certain how i'd handle a situation like this. i mean, most likely with a lot of grace and skill under pressure, but i suppose there's the off chance that i trip up. i should imagine that riddikulus ought to do it, but this is starting to sound a bit like a defense exam. if you're trying to get me to tell you what my boggart is, i'm not too keen on telling anybody my greatest fears. too easy to use something like that against a person. anyways, this isn't third year. this is pretty much irrelevant...
3. in the middle of the night, mere hours before a huge exam, you receive an owl from an acquaintance saying that they need your help and to meet them near the quidditch pitch. what do you do?
obviously i rush right down to the pitch. clearly, that's the smart thing to do. who cares? i guess maybe it would depend on if this acquaintance was someone i felt fairly confident about. if they'd done this to me before and it had been something idiotic, i'd likely stay put... but mere hours from an exam, i ought to be good and prepared already, and who needs sleep anyways? i'd grab my wand and and a mirror and check every corner for prefects on my way to the pitch.
4. someone started a nasty rumour about a fellow housemate, who you don't know very well. there's an altercation at dinner over the rumour, and said housemate asks you to defend them. what do you do?
assuming the altercation wasn't occurring between a friend of mine and this housemate, i'd likely defend them. if i haven't got anything to lose, that is. my grandmother always taught me that these sorts of things help you out in the long run. housemates are like family, whether you're close with them or not i think you still ought to stick up for them, assuming they haven't done anything in specific to deserve not to be stuck up for.
5. somebody who loves and trusts you, but is irresponsible with their finances, asks you to put some of their galleons and sickles away for safekeeping. the next day, your best mate asks you to tag along to your favourite shop in hogsmeade, but the only money you have is the money that your friend asked you to keep for them. what do you do?
what a tough one. i can say that i've actually been in a situation like this before. it's not very pleasant, but at least i can speak from experience. use the money and then replace it as soon as you can. none of my friends are seers, they'll never know, and it doesn't sound like this friend wants their money back anytime soon. i'll just replace it the next time my gran sends me money. i won't feel good about lying, but if they trust me and love me perhaps they should know that i'm about as good with finances as they are.
cavin phineas mccleod was born on may the 19th and so on and so forth
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