Chapter 12 Order of the Phoenix: Professor Umbridge. Harry first sees that Fred and George Weasley are really working on their new joke shop, and then complains about how students are treating him poorly. Angelina is the new Quidditch Captain and wants to get things going.
The group also learns just how bad O.W.L.s are - these are the 5th year exams. This stands for Ordinary Wizarding Level exams. Ron and Harry both want to be Aurors - those who track down bad wizards. Hermoine wants to work on SPEW - her organization to help elves.
They last through a boring history lecture by Professor Bins, a ghost teacher. They talk to Cho, who Harry still likes. In Potions, Snape teases Harry for not doing it properly. Professor Trelawney in Divination is her usual bizarre self and makes them interpret dreams.
Finally it's Professor Umbridge in Dark Arts, and she wants them to simply *read*, not actually *do* anything. Hermoine asks why they aren't going to practice at all and Umbridge says it's too dangerous. When Harry says they have to learn to defend themselves from Voldemort, Umbridge accuses Harry of lying and she sends him to see Professor McGonagall.
McGonagall tells him to start being more cautious around Umbridge and that he is required to do the week's detention that Umbridge has assigned to him.
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