Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

Looking at Dumbledore's scrutinizing eyes, Russell already knew very well what he wanted to express.

You have become famous at a young age. Three years after graduation, not only did your broomstick company develop the Firebolt series of broomsticks, becoming the number one in the industry, but you also received the first-class medal of the Order of Merlin.

He has also published two books, "Three Years of Simulation, Five Years of OWLs" and "Five Years of NEWTs, Three Years of Simulation", which have become the best-selling books in the wizarding world after Hogwarts textbooks and Lockhart adventure novels. Good books too.

And more importantly, he also has a huge reputation.

Dumbledore had discussed Russell many times with many friends, whether they were professors at Hogwarts, members of the Wizengamot, or even Nico Flamel, the maker of the Philosopher's Stone. Full of praise.

Everyone seems to believe that Russell, who is warm-hearted, friendly, kind and powerful, will become a better guardian of the magical world than himself.

Russell knew that if he could not give Dumbledore a suitable reason, even if he became the principal of Hogwarts, he would not be able to sit in this position for a long time.

Without thinking much, he said: "Albus, you have to believe that I have a lot of affection for Hogwarts. It is the starting point of my magical career. I came to this world and spent half of my childhood and my entire adolescence here. spend.

I started my after-school tutoring class here for the first time and got involved with my classmates, and I was also happy to let the little wizards who had not received my education experience the joy of learning.

For me, that in itself is a very fulfilling thing..."

Dumbledore kept staring at Russell with his blue eyes, sharp as a blade, not like a centenarian at all.

Russell consciously used Occlumency. Thanks to Dumbledore and Snape, his Occlumency had already reached level 5.

But looking at Dumbledore, whose eyes were getting sharper and sharper, Russell let go of his brain again.

Legilimency cannot retrieve memories, it can only capture thoughts. Therefore, Russell is not afraid of his golden finger being exposed.

Besides, he didn't think that his fifth-level Occlumency would be of much use against Dumbledore, an old magician who had practiced boy skills for more than 100 years.

On the contrary, he now needed Dumbledore to know how deeply he loved education.

"Russell, is this all you think about? You know that I actually don't care about the school board." Dumbledore leaned forward, almost lying on the table, without looking away. Russell means.

After thinking for a few seconds, Russell decided to come up with the rhetoric he had prepared in advance.

He looked directly into Dumbledore's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, and said sincerely: "In order to make the wizarding world move in a better direction, I need to start with basic education."

Dumbledore's eyes visibly flickered, and he looked away from his aggressive gaze, pretending to be listening attentively.

"Albus, from the first day after I bought the textbook in Diagon Alley and started looking through it, I discovered a better learning method than what was in the textbook.

I originally thought that the teachers at Hogwarts would not copy the outdated methods and routines in the textbooks. After all, most of these textbooks are at least 50 years old, but when I came to Hogwarts, I found that they did not. .

Except for Professor Snape who occasionally made slight improvements to the content in the textbook, the other professors, even McGonagall and Flitwick, all followed the text. "

This is Russell's true feeling. He had received the influence of the Internet age and the education of the Chinese Empire in his previous life, and he was extremely disdainful of the educational methods of Hogwarts.

Inefficient, outdated, and more importantly, extremely unsystematic. It's all just one idea.

Dumbledore nodded, his tone became less aggressive and straightforward, and asked with a little curiosity: "So what is your teaching method?"

Dumbledore was full of curiosity about Russell's teaching methods. As early as Russell was still in the fifth grade at Hogwarts, he began to try to figure it all out, but found that he was completely confused.

“My teaching methods, in addition to focusing on a lot of training and innovation, more importantly, pursue systematization!”

"Systematization?" Dumbledore didn't quite understand this strange word from the Muggle world.

Russell spoke more and more smoothly: "I find that when we learn magic, we always seem to simply start from one spell, and then move on to the next spell."

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Of course not. This method of learning and education is extremely inefficient. You learn the first spell, but it doesn't help you learn the second spell at all.

Even if you have learned a hundred spells, you still need to start practicing from scratch when you learn 1 spells. "

Dumbledore was obviously very interested in this, "Russell, please tell me more about your method."

Russell also became excited, and he talked eloquently: "The systematization of knowledge is to find the direct commonalities between different magic spells, and then learn a basic magic first, such as the levitation spell.

Then learn the Flying Spell based on the Floating Spell, and then explain the commonalities between the Floating Spell and the Flying Spell, and then guide the little wizards to learn the subsequent spells on their own.

Then extend this example to other subjects.

I summarize this educational philosophy as: first from the special to the general, and from the general to the special. "

Dumbledore nodded and commented: "It seems to be a wonderful idea. Many famous wizards, including me, have similar ideas, but few can clearly put them forward, let alone try to hand them over to others. Promotion.”

Russell and Dumbledore then discussed the issue for several hours.

Eventually, Russell and Dumbledore exchanged seats, and Dumbledore acknowledged that Russell was the owner of the office.

But Dumbledore had been thinking about another problem at the same time.

There is no doubt that Russell may be the most talented wizard he has ever seen, even more than himself.

But he could never forget Russell's first words.

"In order to move the wizarding world in a better direction, I need to start by changing the basic education at Hogwarts."

There is no doubt that Slytherin's wizards are ambitious. As the most outstanding one among them, Russell's ideals make him a little worried, even afraid.

Russell always reminded him unconsciously of a good friend of his in his youth. He was always full of ambition, and he had a great time chatting with him. That kind of energy even infected him, making him believe in that full-hearted sentence. If you have magic power:

For the greater good!