[More like four years and she's said enough over the course of time. No one really wants to talk about school.]

Yeah, more or less. I doubt chemistry involves magical ingredients. Do mixtures get fussy about stirring clockwise twelve times and then once counter-clockwise during a full moon during the solstice? [Watch out, Spock. She knows what you're thinking.] And I'd like to see a self-defense course that can arm you against Dark magic without a wand.