Punishments [IC]

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[/b] – For serious rule-breaking, a teacher can require the student to serve a detention with him/her or another teacher. These detentions have ranged from writing lines to venturing into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid late at night.

Sent to their Head of House – students who misbehave in class can be sent straight to their Head of House. This can result in a warning or a detention (or some biscuits).

Deduct house points – the headmaster, prefects, Heads of House, and teachers can deduct house points from students who have broken rules. The house points system at Hogwarts represents a classic example of rule enforcement through peer pressure. In the annual inter-house competition, students of each house earn points for good behavior and lose points for rule-breaking. Thus, there is a lot of peer pressure not to lose points for their House.

*Note: Prefects and Head Boy/Girls can only deduct house points, not give out detentions, although they can report them to the teachers.[/s]

Punishments are now dealt with the Cruciatus Curse
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