Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 127
Of course John's decision to wipe out the school board was not a whim.

Hogwarts has been teaching young wizards not only will not charge tuition fees, but will also be subsidized in certain aspects.

So who will pay for this part of the lost money?The answer is the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic is because of Hogwarts' contribution to the wizarding world. A large number of wizards are graduates of Hogwarts and spontaneously choose to help their alma mater.

So what is the use of the school board for the school?The answer is because its birth is a choice of educational model.

The school board is the basic governance structure of colleges and universities. Whether it is a private or a public school, the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the school board is implemented.

The school board is composed of 12 people. According to the selection criteria of the school board members, Hogwarts' school board members are wizards with certain social status and who are not current Hogwarts employees.

The Hogwarts Board of Trustees is responsible for managing and supervising the Hogwarts school, including the right to decide on the appointment, dismissal and suspension of the Headmaster.

But in fact, this kind of power is just a rule in front of the Ministry of Magic.

Originally, according to regulations, the school board had the highest management power over Hogwarts, and even the Ministry of Magic had no right to interfere.

But in "The Order of the Phoenix", the Ministry of Magic "airborne" Umbridge as the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts, and after "driving away" Dumbledore, without the permission of the school board Next, Umbridge was unilaterally appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts.

It can be seen that the regulations are regulations, and after all, it is still difficult to escape the "official level", not to mention that the Ministry of Magic is still the main capital injector of Hogwarts.

However, even though the school board was vacated, Umbridge was only the headmaster sent by the Ministry of Magic and had not been approved by the school board. She still couldn't enter the headmaster's office and could only continue to use the original office.

But that was the decency that Hogwarts Castle itself reserved for the Board of Trustees.

In addition, when students' parents raise questions or protests to the school board, the school board also needs to take it seriously and deal with it.

However, this point can actually be handled by professional administrators, and these school board members do not need to handle it.

Most importantly, most of the members of the school board are members of pure-blood families, and there is not a single half-blood wizard or Muggle wizard among them, which is completely wrong.

And this is also the reason why those pure-blood wizards practice pure-blood worship in the school, bullying half-blood and Muggle wizards will not get into any big trouble.

In fact, many times, the punishment in the school is not painful to them at all.

But this is actually not conducive to the development of the school. This can also be seen from Malfoy's situation in the school. Many students choose to endure Malfoy's bullying behavior because the other's father is a member of the school board.

At the same time, the children of school board members will also promote their family's political ideas, create "small groups" within the school, and recruit other wizards to become their family's vassals.

But the school should focus on learning, and the small group should also be a purer existence, not the tentacles of dirty politics.

John has a rough plan in his mind, and he writes it down and prepares to perfect it after crossing the boundary.

One might wonder why John didn't get a time-turner to use.

This involves the ability of the time converter, which allows people to travel through time to the past.

But time is the most mysterious existence in the world, any change in time will lead to unpredictable results.

And John was warned about the intelligence of the system, which involved the issue of time and space
Time and space, time and space, why these two words are connected together is because time and space are always related.

Just like the timeline cannot be changed at will, the change of the timeline is very likely to cause space changes, and this change is very likely to cause problems that affect the entire world.

So John gave up the idea of ​​getting a time-turner to help his research.

While John was busy, so was Harry, as the first Quidditch match of the season was fast approaching.

On a Thursday night, Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor team, called a meeting to discuss tactics for the new season.

A Quidditch team consists of seven people: three Chasers, who score goals by throwing Quaffles into fifty-foot-high rings at either end of the field;
Two batsmen, who hit the Bludgers with heavy bats; a goalie, who guards the goal;
Then there's the Seeker, who has the toughest job of finding and catching the Snitch.It was a small winged ball the size of a walnut, and the moment one caught it the game was over.

The team that catches the Snitch gets 150 points.

Oliver Wood was a tall, seventeen-year-old boy in his seventh and last year at Hogwarts.

In the cold locker room next to the Quidditch pitch that was gradually dimming, he spoke to six players, with a kind of determination in his suppressed tone.

"This is our last chance to win the Quidditch Cup! My last chance," he said, striding up and down in front of his team. There will be another chance.

"Gryffindor hasn't won in seven years. Yeah, we're the unluckiest people in the world...injured...then the league was canceled last year..."

Wood swallowed, as if remembering the past still choked him up, "But we also knew we were the best! Best! Team." He said, smashing one fist into the other , the wild light of the past flashed in the eyes again.

"We have three of the best Chasers."

Wood pointed to Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell.

"We have two unbeatable hitters."

"Stop, Oliver, you're embarrassing us," said Fred and George Weasley in unison, pretending to blush.

"We also have a Seeker who has never lost a game!" Wood went on, glaring at Harry with fierce pride.

"And me." He added as if he remembered it later.

"We think you're great too, Oliver," said George.

"Quack goalkeeper," said Fred.

"The point is," Wood went on, pacing again, "that the Quidditch Cup should have had our name on it for the last two years. Ever since Harry joined the team, I've always thought it was a sure thing. But it has not been able to do so. We want to see our name written on the cup, this year is the last chance..."

Wood spoke so tragically that even Fred and George were moved.

"We'll make it, Oliver!" Angelina said.

"Sure," said Harry.

The team started training with determination, three nights a week.

The weather was getting colder, the rain was increasing, and the nights were getting darker, but none of the mud, wind, or rain could damp Harry's hopes of finally winning the silver Quidditch trophy.

Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room after training one night, frozen but pleased with how it had gone.

At the first moment, Sirius brought a blanket to Harry, and Harry stroked Sirius' hair very gratefully.

While wrapping himself in the blanket, he looked towards the common room, which was chattering and bustling at the moment.

"What's the matter?" he asked Ron and Hermione, who were sitting in the two best chairs by the fire, finishing up two star charts for astronomy class.

"First weekend at Hogsmeade," said Ron, pointing to a freshly posted notice on the battered bulletin board. "Late October. Hallow's Eve."

"Great!" said Fred, who followed Harry through the portrait hole. "I'm going to Zonko's Joke Shop. I'm running out of rotten eggs."

Harry plopped down on a chair next to Ron, all the joy in his heart gone.Hermione seemed to read his mind.

"Harry, you'll be sure to go next time," she said. "They'll be sure to catch Blake soon, he's already been seen once."

"Blake is not a fool, it is impossible to go to Hogsmeade to act rashly." Ron said.

Hearing Ron's words, Sirius glanced at Ron with some complacency in his eyes, no one would have thought that he was by Harry's side.

"Harry, you can ask McGonagall if you can go this time, next time you have to wait until the year of the monkey!"

"Ron!" said Hermione, "Harry should have stayed at school!"

"Can't just leave him at school as a third year," said Ron. "Go ask McGonagall, Harry, go—"

"Okay, I'll ask." Harry said with determination.

Hermione opened her mouth to retort, and at that moment Crookshanks jumped softly onto her lap with a large dead spider in his mouth.

"Does it have to eat that in front of us?" Ron asked, frowning.

"Wise Crookshanks, did you catch that yourself?" said Hermione.

Crookshanks slowly chewed the spider, his yellow eyes fixed on Ron haughtily.

"Just let it stay there," said Ron exasperatedly, and went back to drawing his star chart. "Scattered sleeping in my schoolbag."

Harry yawned.He really wants to go to bed, but his star chart is not finished yet.He dragged his bag over, took out parchment, ink, and quill, and set to work.

"You can copy mine if you want," said Ron, cursively marking the last star, and handing the diagram to Harry.

Hermione, who disapproved of plagiarism, pouted, but said nothing.Crookshanks was still staring at Ron without blinking, the tip of his fluffy tail wagging slightly.

Suddenly, it suddenly swooped over.

"Ouch!" Ron yelled, grabbing the bag.

Crookshanks dug his four claws deep into the bag, tearing viciously.

"Go away, you silly bastard!"

Ron tried to yank the schoolbag away from under Crookshanks, but Crookshanks clung to it, grinning and tearing furiously.

"Ron, don't hurt it!" Hermione screamed.All the students in the common room were watching.

Ron swung his schoolbag around, Crookshanks still clung to it, but Banban flew out of the schoolbag!
Immediately, Sirius' gaze fell on Ban Ban, and he stood up abruptly who was lying on the ground.

Sirius is a little itchy now. Although John said that he can't kill Pettigrew now, he didn't say that he can't do anything to Scabbers and hurt him!

"Get that cat!" Ron yelled.

Then Crookshanks dropped his schoolbag and ran across the table, chasing a panicked Scabbers.

Almost at the same time, Sirius also rushed out, and together with Crookshanks began to hunt and kill Scabbers.

"Wick!"

(End of this chapter)