SPOILER!!: Superhero trait
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Lezleighd 
"Welcome everyone once again to Muggle Studies. This will be our final lesson of the term...my how time has flown by this term!" she said with a little nod up and down. "We have focused on superheroes and villains from the Muggle community over the past few lessons and today we take those lessons to a new level."
Slowly she motions to each of the posters that are blank and hanging around the room, "You'll notice that the posters this class are blank...that's because ya'll are going to help me identify whom you each believe are the real superheroes in the history of both Muggle and Wizarding Society."
"So, let's get this started with a little review to get your brains going...Please remember to raise your hand with your answer....Everyone please share one trait that you feel like a Superhero should possess.."
she said a she walked to the board and picked up a marker to start writing down all of the answers.
Befelda sit up straight when she saw Professor Cerulean greeted the class and started the lesson. The first question was about the Superhero traits. She raised her hand at once and answered,
"Professor, one trait that a Superhero should possess was bravery. The Superhero must be brave enough to fight for what she/he truly believes and for his/her own country or nation.", she confidently answered. She knows a couple more but preferred not to tell to give chance to other students to answer.
SPOILER!!: Personal hero
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Lezleighd Gemma scribble down each of the students answers on the board excitedly...yes, they were all starting to get what a superhero was. She turned back to the class after finishing up the list and continued,
"Very very good everyone! You all brought up great qualities of a superhero....Yes, a popular Muggle Dictionary defines a superhero as 'any of various comic-strip characters with superhuman abilities or magical powers, wearing a distinctive costume, and fighting against evil'" she paused to let that definition sink in..."Now there is a similar definition for hero found in the Muggle Dictionary...it defines hero as 'A person who is admired for courage or noble qualities.' she smiled as she paced a little bit.
"You can clearly see the connection between the two...and from looking at your list of qualities a superhero has...it's obvious that many of the qualities could be linked to simple heroes...now I"m not saying that being a real life hero isn't extraordinary, but it is more likely to happen in our world and Muggle world than to see Superman flying around." she stepped a little bit forward. "Through the history of both Muggles and Wizards there have been real heros that have helped shape the future of each and both of our worlds and communities....but let's start a little closer to home..." she said with a little nod up and down.
"I want you to examine the very simple definition of a hero and look at the qualities of superheroes that we put on the board....think about your own life and share someone close to you that you know personally that you would consider a hero and tell a short summary of why you consider them a hero..." she said encouragingly walking toward the first blank poster.
When the Professor said to share the personal hero, Befelda quickly thought of her grandfather. She raised her hand and answered,
"Professor, I would consider my grandfather a hero. He joined the Muggle Military Academy during his time thru different countries like Vietnam, Korea and United States. And he fought for the said countries during the WWII. My grandfather was known for his bravery, courage and determination and he will always be remembered by our family.", she bravely answered. She couldn't help but feel proud about her grandfather.
"And also Professor, I also consider my parents as heroes as without them, I'm not here with all of you right now." she added.
SPOILER!!: Muggle & Wizard Superhero
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Lezleighd As each student mentioned their personal heroes, the professor wrote their name and the name of their personal superhero on the blank poster hanging from the ceiling until slowly but surely the poster was full of names. Finally, she added her name and her brother's name, "Thank you everyone for sharing your personal heroes...my personal hero is my brother...I only have one brother whom is younger than me....he disappeared many years ago but he was always so strong and optimistic....and I know he's out there being someone else's hero right now and that someday I'll get to see my hero again..." she let her words fade off and was internally pretty proud of herself for sharing even this little opening to her past with her brother.
She quickly continued, "There are always famous people from our history both Muggle and Wizarding that can be considered real life superheroes because of the amazing feats that they accomplished during their times...these individuals were influential not only during their times but in the future of the world..." she said as she walked to the next poster hanging from the ceiling. "For instance, in the Muggle World, a real life superhero could be Isaac Newton. He was a nEnglish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics." she said as she wrote his name on the poster. "Or those men and women that fight for our various countries in the armed services and such could be considered real life superheroes..." she wrote this on the poster. "An example in the Wizarding World could be Albus Dumbledore..." she finished by writing his name on the poster.
"If everyone will grab a marker..." she said motioning to a little basket below the remaining two posters on the walls, "Please come up and give us an example of a real life Muggle Superhero and a Real Life Wizard Superhero and what they did they makes you feel like they are a hero and then add their names to the appropriate poster..." she said as she wrote Muggle in the middle of one poster and Wizard in the middle of another.
Befelda was keen and confident about her answers. There are too many Muggle and Wizard superheroes that she know but one of each of the categories has marked in Befelda's memory.
She stood up, walked up straight to the basket to grab a marker and walked to the board and wrote down:
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Muggle World:
Diana, Princess of Wales - she's known as a very soft and kind-hearted Muggle who's well known for her fund-raising work for international charities. She never fails to help the poor, needy and ill children especially in the poor countries of Africa and South America. The Princess developed an intense interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy
Wizarding World:
Auror Harry Potter - he was the only boy who lived when Lord Voldemort tried to kill him but instead the killing curse back fired because of his mother's love for her. He faced every challenge on the first years of his life and had fought and killed Lord Voldemort to save Hogwarts and fight for the good. His courage and bravery as a Wizard had paved way to unite every single Witch and Wizard as one to fight for love and friendship.
After writing down her answers, she put down the marker and headed back to her bean bag. On a second thought, she dismayed herself for not taking some cookies before taking her seat.