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[trapafox]

Greetings, to students and teachers both.

An introduction is in order. I am called Professor Yu, and I will be teaching a course on Magical Cultures in the coming school year. We will be learning about the history of magic in places beyond the boundaries of the Ministry of Magic here. If you have interest in the course, please approach me with your questions. My job is not yet to make your lives miserable.

As I understand it, yesterday was the last day of exams. Congratulations to those who took part. I have no doubt your hard work will be rewarded in time.

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Comments

[papatiger]

Excellent. I might be a third generation Chinese myself but it's always important to know one's roots.

[trapafox]

I could not agree more, Professor Sun. Particularly when the roots go so deep.

[papatiger]

So you're from the Mainland then?

[Mandarin]

I hope you'll excuse my average Chinese then. My parents were determined that I would learn the language but I have to admit that my grasp on it isn't as good as some others.

[trapafox]

[Mandarin]

I am.

Is that so? Well, practice can do it much good, if you do not protest my taking the time to speak in my native tongue.

Perma-Mandarin

[papatiger]

If anything I should be thanking you for giving me this chance to practice! Please excuse my mistakes as well; I haven't used Mandarin in quite awhile.

Have you met any of the other teachers? We've got quite an interesting bunch here at Hogwarts, some more stranger than others! But I mean it all in a good way; variety is the spice of life after all.

[trapafox]

I have not yet met many, though I hope to take the time before summer to do so. Your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is a former colleague of mine, though not one I often worked with.

[papatiger]

It's a small world. Murdoc's a good man and a good teacher, he really knows his spells very well.

So you were an Auror before this as well. You must be very good with your spellwork.

[trapafox]

Only thanks to plentiful practice. It is, as I'm sure you know, a very demanding career.