Life was definitely not shaping up to be the way that Ronald had expected it would be. Ever since his disastrous prank call to the Dursley residence and subsequent suspension from school; his dad had been riding his case and not letting up on the reins. For the past couple of weeks, from the moment he awoke at an ungodly hour to the moment his head hit the pillow late at night, he’d been forced to tend to the farm animals and perform an endless array of chores around his aunt’s house. Then once that was done, he was given instructions on his lessons in magical education and something called "deportment.’ He quickly learnt that if he messed up just the tiniest bit on anything, he’d receive a whack to his shins courtesy of his aunt’s cane and a screeching lecture about how his mistake could’ve cost him his life "back in her day.’ Every time he tried to complain to his mother (simply because it had worked in the past); he’d receive a lecture from his father about how if he didn’t want to do manual labor, then he should’ve paid attention in school.