.. ideal. However, he was alive and well."Bernstein looked disgusted. "He was alive and well? Whenever he cried as a baby he was stuffed into a cupboa...d under the stairs. He was beaten for doing better on a test than his cousin. He was only fed bread and water for the most part. You call that alive and well?"Dumbledore had the good sense not to answer that. Bernstein huffed, but subsided back to silence."Would you have done anything, if you had become aware of the true severity of Mr. Potter's. I am so sorry, Daddy," I said.Smack!"Two. I am so sorry, Daddy."Smack!Tears were rolling down my cheeks. My pale bottom was a stinging red hue.Twenty-five smacks and twenty-five "I'm sorry" by the end of my punishment.Max lifted me off of his lap and stood me in front of him. He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and dabbed the tears from my face."Do you understand why it is important to follow all of my instructions?" he asked."Yes, Daddy," I sobbed."Good girl." He smiled.Max then got off. While the initial proposal was for overseas students, I could see that there would be strong pressure on the government to all local students who didn’t qualify for a government-funded place to bypass the entrance requirements by paying a full fee. Of course, these were generally students who didn’t meet the academic requirements for a course, and would probably not do well at university – but what would happen when they were failed out of the course? There would be a huge outcry – ‘I paid for. The coach wouldn't let me stay out anymore on special teams and pulled me for the kickoff.I picked their first down pass off and ran until I had too many people hanging on to stay vertical before tossing a lateral to Nick, who carried it the last 20 yards to the end zone.I only got to play one half. I didn't want to come out but I could see the coach's point. We were up 56-0 by then. In one half I had 5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles, and had caught 12 passes (4 for touchdowns). The.