Ok, this was not good. Cale hadn't ever had Shackleton, being homeschooled his last four years of school. But, all the students were listening subjects that he had learned from his mum, so at least he was still on the same page. And he had used the same textbook that they had used last year in his studies. His mother, despite all her faults, had taught him well. And everyone else seemed to be in agreement that this professor was a good one. He had to answer--if he didn't, he could lose house points. He could work around this.

"Cale Newell, Sir. I'm a fifth year Gryffindor. The topics we covered included the Pythagorean number system, master numbers, the Core, the core Companions, major cycles, hidden passion and subconscious self numbers," he said, listing each subject. "The textbook Shackleton provided us students was very effective, so I believe we should all be on the same page this year."