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Term is humming along with no real upheavals of note (aside from the hundred points Gryffindor lost a couple of weeks ago, due to the antics of--well, the less said of that, the better). According to what I've heard at the Prefects meetings, the first years seem to have sorted themselves out rather well as far as revising, etcetera, and are making quite a respectable showing, aside from one or two students who may have occasional difficulties with one class in particular. But for the most part, academics seem to be going well. The fifth year students are beginning to get a bit restive, perhaps, as the threat of O.W.L.s looms, but there have been no reports--yet--of anyone losing their head and setting fire to their books in the library or anything. Prefect rounds have been generally uneventful. It seems that most people are staying sensibly in their common rooms after curfew, as they should.

If only all our time at Hogwarts could go as smoothly as the last few weeks have seemed!