Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Houses:
Gryffindor
Slytherin
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw

Defense Against the Dark Arts:
Nobody stays at this job for long. Rumors are that it is jinxed.
The first person to teach it died.
The Second person to teach it lost their memory.
The Third person to teach it resigned (they were a werewolf by the way).
The fourth person to teach it was actually locked in a trunk for a year while an imposter took his place.
The fifth person to teach it was chased out of school because everyone hated her.
I can see why people say this job is jinxed.

Travel:
Well all the students get there by the Hogwarts Express on platform 9 3/4.
You have to run in the wall between platforms nine and ten to get there.
After everyone's there the first years travel by boat up to the caste and the second years and above travel by carriages moved by Thestrals. Thestrals are weird horse things and only people who have seen death can see them.