The Dare of Dawn (Helga)

"That's good. If she really desires a challenge, I'm certain we can find something for her. We thought we would let the others catch up on their skills before doing so but eventually we will be assigning work to be done outside of the classroom. Short essays, researching properties, etc. Perhaps, with her skills being so advanced and her voracious desire to learn, we could start her on that a little earlier so that she'd not completely bored here. I would hate for her to leave after a few months because it's just not challenging enough.

"Of course, I would leave that decision between her and her head of house but it's just a suggestion - if you think she's up to the challenge." Rowena would have a field day with a student like that. Then again, they had all agreed to take on the more talented magical students, give them a little personal attention so that they weren't so frustrated with having to learn the basics all over again. Review on occasion was always good to keep it fresh in the mind but doing nothing but review for the first year would easily convince an older student that this was a waste of their time. Thus, it was a touch balance between basics and slightly advanced in order to keep them all interested.

They were nearly there but he wanted to assure Maximus that this was not a waste of his family's time, sending their daughter to relearn that which she'd already knew.