James Wake arrived, early as usual. But he never expected the room to be devoid of life. Usually, even the professor was there, waiting for his or her students. They had been through a list of Dark Arts Professors, if James recalled his classes correctly. Not that it truly mattered to him. Dark Arts was another assured A for him, as long as he didn't get too cocky in class. Just silently sit, take notes and ace quizzes. No harm done, no marks left. Just a quick and painless course.
The class slowly filled up, students taking their seats and awaiting the teacher. He finally entered, murmuring to himself and wrote some "definitions" 0n the board. James watched the teacher in insincere earnest, merely noting the teacher's actions and what he mumbled. Things about his past, James concluded. Finally, he asked for a confirmation of whether or not the definitions were true.
James raised his hand and answered;
"Sir, don't classifying magic as such lead to the misconceptions of 'light' and 'dark' magic? Wouldn't the proper mindset be that magic is magic, no matter what it's form?" James hated to be prudent about such things, but ideological statements concerning the nature of magic itself could hardly be considered true in any way shape or form. Dark was a convenient label placed upon magic to indicate the fine line between socially acceptable magics and everything else.