Announcement of Class Cancellation

[alt_antonin]

Due to the vagaries of scheduling, I must announce a class cancellation for the week of 3 September. Students in fourth and fifth years will have their single-hour session of Dark Arts cancelled this week.

All students save the fifth-year Gryffindors will have had their first lecture before that cancellation, and should use the time to work on the week's assignment, which will build upon our class discussion in that first session. Fifth-year Gryffindors, I apologise that the schedule prevents me from providing you with similar arrangement. However, if you wish to use the time to do as much of the assignment as you can in advance, study section one (the introduction) of Intra profundis. Of the topics it summarises, choose any one, and read the section about that topic. If you do not have and cannot borrow a copy of the book from someone else, please come to my office during my open hours; I have several copies available, though unfortunately in a variety of translations, some less helpful for student use.

I trust I need not mention that any student using his unexpectedly-free time to cause a disturbance or to interfere with others' study will suffer penalty commensurate with the severity of the offence.

I am reachable at any point via private message; please do write to me if you have any questions at all. (This offer also extends to those sixth and seventh year students not taking my class, and to any recent graduate of Hogwarts who wishes to expand his knowledge of the subject. You will not in the least be imposing by writing to me, though I will of course need to prioritise inquiries from my current students.)

I shall look forward to meeting you all in the week to come.