What do the first years need to know? Something he'd known but chose to ignore, resulting in him being right here in this classroom at this precise moment.

Hand raised in mid-air, the Head Boy spoke up, "About this subject...it's important to know that it's a mandatory one until your fifth year." Yeah, he was DEAD serious about this. He should've dropped it if he didn't feel inclined to enjoy it.

Granted, it was mostly thanks to Jared, and he'd never truly attended one of Schirmer's lessons...so....

OH! Wait!

"Also," eyes on Schirmer, "It's a very good thing to bring one's wand to the class." So, keep that in mind.

There. He leaned back on his seat.