SPOILER!!: 5 C's first year
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CherryBlossomRose 
Before Mrs. Snakey/Professor could answer her question, another, older Slytherin girl was answering it for her. Hello? Miss know-it-all, Seri was asking the Professor, not you, since when did Hogwarts let students become teaching assistants? But wait- the girl had a shiny badge! A really nice one with a 'P' on it. Seri wanted one- no, she NEEDED one. Seri had new-found respect for the girl, and wondered what 'P' stood for; Perfect student perhaps? Pleasant student? No, neither of them could be right. It didn't matter anyway, Seri just needed the badge. It could mean anything and she'd still wear it.
Anyway, this kid went on like the Professor about some water charm called Agua-something. Seri copied the girl, pointing her wand at the cauldron, ready to say the chant.. or whatever you called it. She needed to learn some proper-sounding magic words soon. Something that'd make her sound real intelligent. All her brothers would think- wait, know that she was smarter than them.
Clean her cauldron? "But I only bought it a few weeks ago in Diagon Alley, the place I bought it from seemed very clean." Seri protested, an eyebrow raised. She'd been assured it was of the finest quality too, but the salesman had seemed a bit off. Perhaps it was counterfeit? Maybe as soon as she tried to make a potion it would melt to the groud or something? That would be real cool! Seri sighed, knowing she would be forced to by the Snakey Lady if Shiny Badge Girl didn't. "And I suppose there's a charm for that? Or are high and mighty wizards actually capable of doing minor tasks magicless?" Was magicless a word? Seri didn't care. She could only assume wizards would find it completely and utterly, insanely impossible to do said task without their dear wands. Seri seemed to have a growing resentment for wands and spells of all kinds.
Minerva felt a little bad for the fist year, she remembered how nervous she was the first class with Lafay. Taking out her parchment she pulled out the piece with the five c's written on it. After four years she didn't need them written anymore. They were in her memory. She walked them over to the girl, "Here keep these with you it will help, the five C's are cleanliness, content, color, care, and concentration." she walked back over to her cauldron and pulled out another piece of parchment to write down all the ingredients.
After writing them down Minerva moved to the cupboard to collect them all. She double checked her parchment just to make sure she had everything before getting back to her cauldron and setting everything in a neat order.