If he were lazy.. snort. Well, maybe he was being lazy about this class right now with his current attitude, but he really didn't think his answer was all that off. Levitation was useful for heavier objects in high places, not just for lazy people. And the toxin thing she said too.. But whatever.. he participated and provided a halfway decent answer once everyone had mentioned near everything else, right? Moving on..

Scourgify.. of course. He knew that one well and was actually a bit relieved that they weren't going to spend much time discussing it or simply learning it today. That would be too much of a review for the boy. Instead they would be learning a charm that he wasn't quite as familiar with.

A polishing charm.. hmm. Ethan wasn't quite sure why he would really care to use it. Cleaning with Scourgify or Tergeo seemed to sufficient enough for the boy,, but maybe he could use them on his shoes? He glanced down at them. Yeah, they could probably use some polishing.. But for now, apparently, they;d be polishing desks. Well, good they needed a good cleaning and polishing might make them look decent again.

The Ravenclaw listened to the instructions and watched the demonstration. Seemed easy enough.. He lazily pointed his wand at the surface of the desk.. but not before eyeing up the professor first. He did not need another face full of dirt, thank you very much. But others were doing it without incident so he figured it was alright. "Scourgify!" And of course the top of his desk was clean now. Now to polish it..

He pointed his wand at the desk again, this time waving it in a confident S shape as he commanded, "Poliotus!" The surface seemed a little shinier.. he figured that was good enough. So now what? More cleaning spells or more practice with this one? He eyed up his shoes..