The deadline to turn in her personal journal project for History of Magic was quickly approaching, and so far Kate had only completed two entries. That meant she had thirteen more to go, which wasn't even halfway finished. Knowing this, Kate reached into her bag and pulled out her journal, a quill, and some ink. She settled herself into a comfortable position on her bed and wrote.
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Who is your favorite teacher and why?
My mother was my teacher before I came to Hogwarts. For that reason, she will always be my absolute favorite teacher for sentimental reasons. She's very, very intelligent and knows a lot about many different things, especially creatures. It's kind of expected that I would choose my mom, though, so what I'm going to focus on today is my favorite professor at the only other school I've been to besides being home-schooled. That would be Hogwarts, of course!
My favorite professor is Professor Tiara Tanner. Why? Well, the reason for this dates back to a time not so long ago. It was my very first day at Hogwarts--EVER, and the first years had just been sorted. I hadn't been at the Ravenclaw house table for long, when absolute chaos broke out. To be honest, I don't even know why chaos broke out or even who was involved. Everything was so new to me, but all I knew was that I felt all alone and was away from my parents for the first time, and the only people around me were complete strangers.
Kids around me started arguing with each other, and I remember wanting to crawl underneath the house table. I didn't, though, because I didn't want to seem like a little scared baby in front of these people I was trying to impress. Professor Tanner came over then and made everybody settle down. She stopped all the chaos, and everything slowly returned to normal. She was so nice to me and made me feel safe again. From that moment on, she's always been a welcome sight for me. She kind of makes me feel like this is a true home away from home.