Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 398 Logic and Thinking Ability
"Rotten...outdated?" Dumbledore asked with a smile. "This educational method at Hogwarts has been in place for over a thousand years—"

“It’s been over a thousand years and nothing has changed,” Tiera interrupted. “That means the magical world has some serious problems.”

“I think you must have noticed it too, Professor Dumbledore,” Tyella asked. “In recent decades, Muggle-born young wizards have often outperformed children born into wizarding families in their studies. It’s not just me, Hermione. Even setting aside the issue of attitude towards learning, Colin Clifton and his brother Dani Clifton, who are always playful and mischievous, have better grades than Harry and Ron at the same age.”

"What are you trying to say?" Dumbledore stroked his beard, puzzled.

"Haven't you thought about the reasons behind this?" Tierra asked.

Dumbledore shook his head, then leaned back in his chair, adopting a listening posture.

“Basic logic and thinking skills, as well as personal cultivation,” Tierra said. “To put it bluntly, Hogwarts lacks the most basic academic courses and moral education.”

"Excuse my bluntness, but most students from wizarding families were homeschooled before entering Hogwarts, weren't they?" Tyrell asked.

“Yes,” Dumbledore nodded.

“I asked Ron,” Tierra said. “I asked Ron how he was raised at home, and he told me…”

"He received absolutely no home education. After Mrs. Wesley taught him to read, she left him with Percy, George, and Fred." Tyella paused before continuing, "That means he, and even his brothers, received absolutely no education before entering Hogwarts. If I'm not mistaken, aside from prominent families like the Malfoys, the other young wizards from wizarding families at Hogwarts are probably in a similar situation, right?"

Dumbledore nodded silently.

“That’s it.” Tierra said with an expression of certainty. “And what about Muggle wizards at this time? Eleven-year-old Muggle children have already completed the fifth or even sixth grade. That is to say, Muggle children of this age have, under normal circumstances, received basic training in reading comprehension and writing skills, basic algebraic operations, and a basic understanding of the simple application of arithmetic rules. They also have a certain understanding of social, historical, and geographical common sense, and have developed good study habits.”

"Although the curriculum in the Muggle world and the magical world are vastly different, the learning methods are generally the same. A good understanding is the foundation of all learning. Education in any subject inevitably goes through a stage from being guided by a teacher to practicing on one's own. Take Hermione, for example. She diligently attended classes at a Muggle school in England for several years, and she has developed a skillful ability to 'understand what the teacher says in class and the knowledge in the books.' Now you should understand the important role of Muggle primary education in magical learning, right?"

“I understand,” Dumbledore nodded. “But Tyra, according to my investigation, you never attended primary school or received a Muggle education. From the age of six to eleven, you were either homeless on the streets or working in a Chinese restaurant. So how did you develop your logical thinking skills?”

Tiera:
Can you please stop bringing up this little thing about me?

"I am exceptionally intelligent, a genius beyond compare," Tierra said without batting an eye.

Dumbledore: ...

“On the other hand,” Tierra continued, “I won’t comment on the teachers’ teaching quality, since, according to you, these are all ‘traditions.’ Let’s talk about homework. At Hogwarts, homework often involves writing very long essays. This is even more obvious. Writing these kinds of essays requires strong logical thinking skills, and very few young wizards from wizarding families who haven’t received a systematic Muggle primary school education have this kind of logical reasoning ability. So it’s not hard to imagine why Hermione, me, and other young wizards from Muggle families always get high marks on our assignments.”

“Mmm,” Dumbledore said.

“Secondly, general knowledge education is actually very important for developing a person’s way of thinking,” Tiera said. “Professor Binns is dead, so just let him go to heaven. Why make him teach?” “Besides Defense Against the Dark Arts, the only course that involves ideology is History of Magic, right? And what was it? What was it?” Tiera clapped her hands and asked. “The result is that the Mage class is boring, the professor hypnotizes, and the students use History of Magic to catch up on sleep. You guys are ridiculous. You know that history is relatively dry and boring, but you don’t change to a better professor. You let Professor Binns continue his sleep-inducing teaching style. You can’t even let him go after he’s dead.”

“A ghost teaching history sounds interesting, like Hogwarts values ​​humanism and respects Professor Binns, but it’s actually irresponsible towards the students. I even suspect Hogwarts doesn’t want to hire a new professor and pay extra, so they’re just exploiting Professor Binns,” Tierra said. “This course could have had an interesting teacher, increased reading volume, and cultivated the young wizards’ logical thinking skills. Honestly, even Gilderoy Lockhart would have been fine. He’s handsome, charming, and has a knack for it. His role-playing teaching method from Defense Against the Dark Arts could have been much better.” A history of magic class might actually pique the interest of young wizards. You could even occasionally attend a few history of magic classes yourself. You don't need to talk about anything else, just the two Dark Lord Rebellions, and how miserable ordinary wizards were during them—how many were silenced, how many entire families were wiped out. Add some news photos from that time, and you could even ask Professor Moody to share some of the dark histories of the so-called 'pure-blood nobles' of Slytherin, like who was a Death Eater, or whose father or grandfather was tried after Voldemort's downfall.

How they finally escaped.

“Honestly, if you had done this from the moment Voldemort fell, you might have already cultivated a group of Slytherins who are purebred and reject the pure-blood theory,” Tierra said. “And what was the result? And what was the result? And what was the result?”

“Hmm…that was indeed my mistake…” Dumbledore pondered. “But won’t this cause psychological trauma to the Death Eater children? I’ve always maintained that the grudges of the previous generation shouldn’t be passed on to the next. Won’t this lead to the Death Eater children being discriminated against or bullied at Hogwarts?”

“Oh, so you mean my dad can kill, set fires, and slaughter entire families, but the victims’ children can’t blame me, otherwise it’s discrimination, right?” Tierra said with a mocking laugh. “So, Headmaster Dumbledore, I advise you to read less about the history of white monkeys and more about the history of humankind.”

"If the descendants of the Death Eaters and the descendants of the Order of the Phoenix clash at Hogwarts, then it will depend on your and the Hogwarts professors' management skills," Tierra said, arms crossed. "How to make the descendants of the Death Eaters deeply and sincerely realize their mistakes and join the great task of liberating all intelligent life is more important and more meaningful than simply covering up this history, isn't it?"

“Yes, that’s right,” Dumbledore said. “Anything else?”

“That’s all for now. After all, to sum it up…” Tiera said, “I’m just a fifteen-year-old little wizard.”

Tierra shrugged and said.

“Good, very good, excellent.” Dumbledore said with a smile and applause. “Since you have the determination and perseverance to become the headmaster of Hogwarts and implement educational reforms, then I think you certainly wouldn’t mind taking the first step into the role, would you?”

"What?" Tierra asked, somewhat surprised, while a bad feeling crept into her heart.

“This—” Dumbledore said with a sly grin, beckoning Fawkes the Phoenix to him. He took a letter from Fawkes’s feet and slid it to Tyella. “The Ministry of Magic has a rather troublesome matter at hand. You wouldn’t mind going in my place, would you?”

Tierra: ...

This old fox...

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