From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Professor William, are you really not going to arrange another exam for seventh graders?"

"I promise, Professor McGonagall."

At the staff table, William assured Professor McGonagall with a serious face.

This morning was originally William's first lesson for seventh-grade students. However, during breakfast, Professor McGonagall sat over uncharacteristically and chatted for a long time before getting to the topic.

In any case, the situation where all fifth graders fail cannot happen to seventh graders - fifth graders have a whole year to adjust, but seventh graders do not!

Although Hogwarts is a school that focuses on education, the employment of seventh grade students is an extremely important matter for the school.

Every Hogwarts student must receive career counseling in their fifth year to plan their future careers.

All professions have more or less clear requirements for OWLs examination certificates and advanced NEWTs certificates, but finding a job is not something you should talk about right after graduation.

That was even more outrageous than the strict prohibition on puppy love when I was in school, and the requirement that I get married and have a baby right after I graduated from college.

For most students, after getting the OWLs certificate and taking a year of advanced courses, they can look for an internship unit during the summer or even the new semester. Except for a few that are particularly demanding and require further training before entering the job, such as Aurors. The rest of the students spend half of their seventh-grade classes in internships.

Theoretically, if you don’t have any need for NEWTs certificates, sixth-grade students can even give up their studies and apply directly to the school for a long vacation. This is one of the reasons why the advanced courses are taken in four colleges together.

Of course, there are few jobs that only require OWLs.

In this case, let alone failing all students, it is unwise to let even one student fail - this will seriously affect the students' internship mentality, and some students will even be dismissed because they cannot balance work and study. Come back or give up looking for work altogether.

Therefore, Professor McGonagall, who was not willing to interfere with the professor's daily teaching work, specifically gave William this reminder in a tactful manner.

"Seventh grade students are facing the dual pressure of exams and employment, and they are almost breaking down. As a professor, we should not put pressure on them by failing courses at will." ’

Professor McGonagall's meaning was very clear, and William also made a solemn statement - except for graduation exams and NEWTs exams, seventh grade students will not get even a single paper from him.

He came here to be a serious professor, not to play with his students.

The foundation of students who can enter the advanced class is there. They don't need to lay too much foundation at all. Instead, they should broaden their knowledge to cope with the subsequent assessment from the wizarding society.

Although William has not lived a good life in wizarding society, thanks to Azkaban, apart from his work in the Ministry of Magic, there is probably no place where the dark side is more severe than what he has seen.

Sixth-grade students may still need some high-end magic training, but as for seventh-grade students, William is ready to share some life experiences from Azkaban - ahem, experiences.

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"You guys are here?"

"Yes, it's the first class of the new semester. You can't ask for leave, right?"

Although they are not in the same college, they have become familiar with each other after being classmates for more than six years.

"How is your internship search going?"

"It's a bit difficult. The Ministry of Magic is still not sure whether to recruit me. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts has been too weak in the past few years. They doubt whether I can adapt to the later studies after joining the job."

"Are you kidding me? Nymph, you have obtained nine certificates, seven of which are excellent, and you are recognized as the number one in age. The Ministry of Magic will not recruit you?"

"I'm very skeptical myself. The threshold for Aurors is high, and the elimination rate is even scarier. I think it's okay to recruit them, but it's too difficult to pass."

…

A group of students took advantage of the absence of the professor to discuss employment issues. The fact that the new professor is a fool has been spread among the students - if you can't attack through behavior, it is a common feature of human beings to find faults in daily life. , regardless of wizards or muggles.

But while chatting, they suddenly discovered that the class bell had rung long ago, but the professor had no intention of showing up.

"We didn't go to the wrong classroom, right?"

"should not?"

"It's dark magic - I mean, it's a classroom for magic self-defense classes."

"Is the professor lost?"

This sentence brought a knowing smile from countless people - understanding led to understanding, rumors spread, and the fifth grader even made up a joke for the new professor.

But laughter did not solve the problem. After everyone stopped laughing, everyone found that they could do nothing but wait.

"Eh? By the way, Nymph, aren't you a prefect? ​​Why don't you go to the teachers' lounge and have a look, or ask about the oil paintings?"

"Okay, don't run around blindly. If the professor comes, remember to explain it to me. If he comes to the classroom and sees no one, I don't want to lose points for no reason in seventh grade - that would be like failing a whole grade. People."

As soon as she finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared on the podium.

"Tsk, Miss Nymph, it's wrong to talk about professors behind their backs. I've told those children many times that what makes them fail is their insufficient knowledge, not my deliberate deduction of points - five points from Gryffindor. point."

"Professor, you did it on purpose!"

Although the prefect did not express his position, the students below started to complain.

"Yes, I did it on purpose."

William nodded towards the classmate, acknowledged his words, and then showed a beautiful smile.

"But what can you do?"

The classroom fell into silence - not even Professor Snape dared to speak like this in public.

Although Professor Snape deducted points casually, he still found an excuse. Even if he deliberately provoked a conflict, he at least had a valid reason.

"Why are you standing there stunned? I think I made it very clear. I just hid there to see if you would say bad things about me, and waited for others to take the bait before deducting points. Now, can any classmate tell me, What can you do?"

William spread his hands towards all the students, with an expression as if you're going to hit me if you don't obey.

After a long time, a reluctant answer finally appeared among the choked students.

"Report to Professor McGonagall!"

"Professor McGonagall can only talk to me. Afterwards, if I change the method, it will still be the same deduction - for example, why don't you wear a hat in class?"

Points will be deducted for not wearing a hat in class. This is the first time these children have heard this after staying at Hogwarts for seven years - even a certain potions professor who does not want to be named will not be so evil. ah!

ps: Sorry, it seems that after the deadline was delayed, my thoughts suddenly became too active. Anyway, I was thinking that it would be good to write like this, or that would be good to write, and then I didn’t realize until dark that it was already too late... …

I admit my guilt and try to write more on New Year’s Day...