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alt_severusI expect you would like to hear a report on your son's progress.
He is doing better than I had expected. His reading is ponderous. I had not the opportunity to witness it before now, but some person should take him in hand. Fluency in reading, particularly reading aloud, is an important skill for a wizard.
He has a great deal of emotional control and he does not shrink from onerous or embarrassing lessons.
His reserve is, in fact, unshakable. I have succeeded in breaching his defenses many times. He invariably behaves as though I never have. Mark, I do not believe him to be stupid. He is well aware of the things that I know. He merely refuses to give me the pleasure of seeing him acknowledge it.
I had come here in hopes of being a help to your son, Alice. Not to mention Lily's. I may be successfully teaching Occlumency. That is a skill that will certainly help him. But there is nothing more.
How can I It is very hard How does one gain the trust of a teenage boy? My own experience as a teenage boy does not lead me to have much hope.
He is doing better than I had expected. His reading is ponderous. I had not the opportunity to witness it before now, but some person should take him in hand. Fluency in reading, particularly reading aloud, is an important skill for a wizard.
He has a great deal of emotional control and he does not shrink from onerous or embarrassing lessons.
His reserve is, in fact, unshakable. I have succeeded in breaching his defenses many times. He invariably behaves as though I never have. Mark, I do not believe him to be stupid. He is well aware of the things that I know. He merely refuses to give me the pleasure of seeing him acknowledge it.
I had come here in hopes of being a help to your son, Alice. Not to mention Lily's. I may be successfully teaching Occlumency. That is a skill that will certainly help him. But there is nothing more.
