YPL service project

[alt_sally_anne]

My group visited a school where recent Hogwarts graduate Shivani Johns teaches.

She took over fairly recently, I think, and her predecessor was old and had some difficulty keeping up with the work. The whole school needed to be painted and also we patched a hole in the roof. Also, some places where the furniture hadn't been moved in about a century that needed a good cleaning -- we noticed those when we moved the furniture to paint.

It was good to feel really useful. We certainly appreciated Miss Johns coming in on her day off to work with us, and we hope that she finds the fresh paint and no-longer-leaking roof make it worthwhile!

I wonder if anyone wound up at the school I used to attend? The teacher when I went there was Miss Dixton. (She might have retired, however. I'm not sure.)

What sorts of work did the other groups find was needed?

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[alt_ron]

Ugh. Sandoval has a friend who went into teaching? Wonder why she's not doing something, y'know. Easier.

The place we went needed books repaired and a few things fixed, but mostly just a lot of cleaning up. We had fun looking at some of books. I'd forgotten all about 'A is for Accio! B is for Boggart'. Funnily enough, Goyle knew a song for that, and we all got going. That's why I told Umbridge he should have a 'Works Hard' badge. Not that he was much help when we went outside to see if we could fix the steps. And he was hopeless at the window washing charm.


It's lucky you lot have Quidditch now. Think how long Umbridge might have kept us sitting around 'debriefing' otherwise?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't know. Maybe she likes very young children? She certainly didn't like us.

It sounds like your work was easier than ours. We had to fix something on the roof but we didn't have a ladder. We wound up stacking desks and then I climbed up on top to get at the hole.

And yeah, thank goodness for Quidditch. I'll see you at dinner.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_susan]

I remember you saying something once about how your village school was fairly horrid, and now that I've met Miss Dixton, well, I can just about imagine.

She worked us really hard, lots of really mucky jobs outdoors, with this kind of sniffy look on our face while she watched us so we didn't miss a spot. And she glared every time one of us had to go to the loo!

It sounds like your lot had some rough jobs too-- though that's sort of funny that you got sent to Johns' school. I think I'd feel a bit odd having to treat someone like a adult when you can remember seeing them eating dinner in the Great Hall.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah, that part was weird.

I'm just glad I didn't have to go back to see Miss Dixton. Either she'd have been horrid to me like she was when I was little, OR she'd have been all fake-friendly (which would have almost have been worse).

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[alt_pansy]

We just shelved books and did some dusting.

I'm sorry you lot had it rough. I wonder who made sure of that.