Practical, yes. But that's not why Pao liked it. He liked the theory behind it. And yet, he understood why she was stressing its practicality. So many students would not see the point of the subject compared with classes like Charms or Transfiguration.

Okay, that homework assignment sounded seriously cool. He was going to come up with something WICKED AWESOME. No one was going to be able to solve it. Not even the seventh year Ravenclaws! The assignment was quickly scribbled down in his planner. But honestly, there was NO WAY he would forget about this--he was looking forward to it!

"Thanks for the lesson, Professor!" He had really enjoyed it. Sure, he was still a bit disappointed that she hadn't given a demonstration of curse breaking in action. But he was willing to be patient.