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Last night I was trying to do one of those art memes, and two of the questions were "what subject would you excel in" and "what subject would you be all EPIC FAIL in". (DevArt Silvercresent11 if you're wondering)
I can never seem to remember all twelve* on the first try, so I enlisted![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enotsola to help me, and to give input on which subjects I would probably have done well in. This resulted in the following exchange:
Me: *erasing Potions from the list* I don't think I could say I would have excelled at Potions.
Him: Yeah, because you'd be spending too much time staring at the teacher.
Me: *eyeroll* No, I mean I just don't think I have the intuitive touch for it.
Him: Sure, okay.
Me: I'd just follow the directions properly and get my work done quickly, and then stare at the teacher.
* - Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, DADA, Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, History of Magic, Muggle Studies, Divination, Astronomy. FOR THE LAST TIME, BRAINMEATS! I couldn't remember History at first and both of us blanked on Ancient Runes for like two whole minutes.
I can never seem to remember all twelve* on the first try, so I enlisted
enotsola to help me, and to give input on which subjects I would probably have done well in. This resulted in the following exchange:Me: *erasing Potions from the list* I don't think I could say I would have excelled at Potions.
Him: Yeah, because you'd be spending too much time staring at the teacher.
Me: *eyeroll* No, I mean I just don't think I have the intuitive touch for it.
Him: Sure, okay.
Me: I'd just follow the directions properly and get my work done quickly, and then stare at the teacher.
* - Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, DADA, Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, History of Magic, Muggle Studies, Divination, Astronomy. FOR THE LAST TIME, BRAINMEATS! I couldn't remember History at first and both of us blanked on Ancient Runes for like two whole minutes.
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Date: May 7th, 2008 07:49 pm (UTC)From:I picked Astronomy and Muggle Studies for my good subjects. I did well in a beginning astrophysics/cosmology class (I say "beginning" but it was upper division and "advanced study" at that, it just was only bachelor's level) in university and I've been interested in astronomy since I was a young girl. I used to subscribe to a kids' astronomy magazine called Odyssey and even got letters printed in it twice.
Muggle Studies, well duh.
As for FAIL, I picked History of Magic. I'm the sort of swot who wouldn't likely actually fail anything (my lowest mark ever was one semester's high school math where I got 70%; my overall college GPA was 3.92), but I've never been that great at history and I don't think Binns would help it any.
I'm not sure I would do like Hermione and get 12 OWLs and 11 of them Outstanding, but I'd probably have lots of "Exceeds Expectations", even in History. I'd force myself to take in and regurgitate details anyway, then promptly forget it as soon as I'd passed the OWL.
I'm sure I would enjoy Potions since I like fiddling around with stuff. Objects to play with will always keep me interested. I just don't think I'd have any exceptional talent for it. I know from experience trying to blend perfumes, for example, that I tend to overdo it, and not be subtle enough with the ways a single drop can change things. Give me directions and I can follow them, and possibly improvise a little, but I am not an inventive genius with a nose for the task (if you'll forgive the joke).
Transfiguration... I think I'd apply myself to becoming an Animagus. ;)