So a wizard walks into a high school...

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[Action: Mayfield High]

[Neville is going about his regular school routine. It mostly consists of looking at his textbooks in puzzlement, even after a month. And occasionally mumbling to himself.]

No, that's not it... how did that...

[Phone, evening]

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I'm having. I was never exactly awful at Muggle Studies. But here everything is Muggle Studies. I think I'm in a bit over my head. I'm supposed to have been learning this all my life but there's nothing about Merlin in these history books.

And then science. Some of it looks like herbology and potions, but not really. So basically, what I'm trying to say is...

Could someone help me revise?

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"On the contrary- they are cards containing questions which you must answer. The idea is that the cards are quickly revealed, one at a time, and the answer given just as quickly.

"In the end, it forces the mind to try and recall the correct answer at a quicker speed, making it easier to remember the answer at all. So, for example.

"We could create cards with the symbols on the Periodic table- when a card is shown, you would immediately call out what you think the answer is, and you would find out if you were correct or not. If not, it is added to the deck once more, and eventually, cards remaining in the deck are run through again.

"It is apparently an extremely useful way of remembering things such as this."

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Oh... so sorta like when Hermione would start quizzing us in the Common Room. Just... without Hermione.

[originalnumber]

".... I suppose it is.

"It's something that can be done even alone, so you would not require another person to be present- which means you could study whenever you felt necessary."

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That sounds like it might really work.

[originalnumber]

"If you like, I could help you form the cards."

[infourbooks]

That'd be great!

[originalnumber]

"We will need markers, card, and scissors, in that case."

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Oh, that shouldn't be hard to find at all.

[originalnumber]

"Perhaps we should get started then. Do you have the 'table' with you, or perhaps a textbook?"

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I have the book with me, yeah.

[originalnumber]

"Alright- then, if you gather the materials now, you could likely form the flash cards at this moment.

"I suppose how much of the card stock you would need depends on the size however."

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I think there's some cards in the kitchen for recipes.

[originalnumber]

"Those should work. Be sure you have one for each element on the table."

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That'd be... an awful lot.

[originalnumber]

"It is, but it will not be a very effective set if you do not have all of the elements you are studying."

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Alright. I can do this. I figured out all my charms, eventually.

[originalnumber]

"Aah. That's the spirit..!"

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I'm a better student than I was in first year, anyway.

[originalnumber]

"Everyone improves over time, I would think."