SPOILER!!: Catching up
The boy sat with a cool demeanor although in the inside he was freaking out. He was terrible at Runes and the class seem to pass by so quickly that he couldn't comprehend some things. It was also probably because he was focusing on freaking out instead of the lesson.
When Professor Truebridge told them to fine a rune suitable for them, Simon quickly changed to the chapter they had been told and stared at the page. Man, was this confusing to him. He scanned the page several times until he found two runes that he could relate to. Nauthiz because he needs endurance to over come his problems that, to date, he still had no solution to. Eihwaz because he recently moved from the US to England and he isn't nor likes change, but that was something that his parents had decided for him and had no word about it.
Having the chose runes Simon pointed his wand at the wood he was suppose to carve and said, "Intaglio Nauthiz, Nauthiz, Nauthiz, Nauthiz." he saw as the figure started to appear and sighed in relief. He wasn't so bad at it. Weird 'cause his best subject was Charms and he was doing horribly in that one. He then moved to his second rune, "Intaglio Eihwaz, Eihwaz, Eihwaz, Eihwaz." and saw the shape form.
This was awesome, but he wasn't going to expect much because this must be a beginners thing and would probably have some difficulty later on.
He noticed when the Prof fell quiet and then he saw runes glowing. That was one of the coolest things the boy has seen in a class so far. Well, here at Hogwarts.
"Cool." he whispered very low, that maybe no one heard him, unless they were sitting right next to him. Simon wondered who had created those runes and if he could learn how to make them glow.
Simon barely got the concept of what galdr was, but he was completely clueless about the next part. The boy could feel a headache inducing at how much he was trying to think of an answer. He was going to need all the luck in the world in this class.