Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Seamus Finnigan snorted:

Humph! You know we are Gryffindor, not Ravenclaw.

If Gryffindor endorsements are better than Ravenclaws, why didn't the Sorting Hat put us in Ravenclaw?"

After saying that, he looked at Hermione with a strange look.

Chapter 22 Different Philosophies of Education

Hermione glared at him and said:

"Don't forget what Professor Holmes said.

When we have memorized the text, we will be taught the true Defense Against the Dark Arts combat techniques.

I've inquired, and Slytherin classes haven't started yet, which means we have a one-day advantage over them.

If I can memorize the text before them, I can learn the fighting skills before them, and then I will definitely be able to defeat them..."

As soon as Hermione finished speaking, the other students' eyes lit up.

Full of fighting spirit.

They all picked up their textbooks and started reading aloud.

This caused the other grade students in the common room to frown.

But it’s hard to say anything, after all, except for students in the fourth grade and above.

The first and third graders also got the news and took out their textbooks early to recite them quietly.

I hope that by then, I can be selected as Professor Holmes’ class representative.

They had heard that class representatives had the benefit of distributing fruits.

Hermione couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I thought that the method Percy taught really worked.

She knew very well where her weakness was, which was that she was not very popular among other students.

So when Douglas appointed her class representative, she met with Percy privately.

First, Percy and Douglas had the best relationship among all the people she knew.

Second, when we were at a party at Douglas's house before, Percy said that the reason he was able to become a prefect was largely due to some management skills that Douglas taught him.

When Percy heard that Hermione was also accepted as Douglas's younger brother... er, class representative.

I was happy to teach her some tips.

George and Fred jumped out and hugged Ron as he was trying to stuff the textbook into his head.

"Oh, our youngest brother, Ron, has also started..."

"Moving towards the excellent Percy!"

"Is this depravity, George?"

"I think so, Fred!"

Ron's face flushed red as he struggled to shake off the two men's arms.

Hermione put her hands on her hips and yelled:

"George, Fred, if you're not studying, please don't disturb Ron!

Don't forget, you are also the class representatives assigned by Professor Holmes!"

George and Fred smiled at each other when they heard Hermione's words.

George patted Fred on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations, brother! You've become an officer, even though you're only my adjutant! But congratulations!"

Fred jumped away: "Merlin's socks, I'm the main one and you're the secondary one!"

George raised his eyebrows.

Fred understood instantly.

"One day for me and one day for you!"

George retorted:

"One day for me and one day for you!"

As they were talking, the two of them started to wrestle and ran to the corner of the common room.

Harry nudged Ron with his shoulder.

"Why would Mr. Holmes choose these two as class representatives?

Don’t even give them homework!”

Ron shrugged and said regretfully:

“I guess it has something to do with something that happened back then, but unfortunately I was too young at the time.

I don't know about this. Percy must have been bribed by the two of them and refused to tell me."

"Snapped!"

Hermione knocked Ron and Harry on the head with the book in her hand and said dissatisfiedly:

"Professor Holmes naturally has his own plans. Hurry up and memorize them!"

Defense Against the Dark Arts Office.

By the time Miss Irene finished reciting the first lesson and left, it was already five forty.

Douglas quickly took the prepared plan and walked towards Professor McGonagall's office.

Professor McGonagall is the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

When Dumbledore was not yet the headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall was Dumbledore's subordinate who taught Transfiguration.

The division of labor between the two is also very clear, as Dumbledore holds titles in various organizations in the magical world.

I often hold various meetings outside.

Therefore, internal affairs of Hogwarts are usually handled by Professor McGonagall.

Well, it’s a typical situation where the man works outside and the woman stays at home.

Professor McGonagall's office was not far away, between the second and third floors, just a moving staircase that happened to turn around.

He can get there quickly.

When Professor McGonagall, who was concentrating on reading a document carefully, saw that the person coming was Douglas.

There was a rare smile on his face:

“Douglas, I have to say, you are really suitable to be a teacher.

I heard everything. Percy was just reporting to me about what has happened since he finished your class.

The younger students were memorizing their textbooks in the common room, and the older students, apart from doing their homework in the library, spent the rest of their time with the younger students.

Review what you have learned.

This was the first time Percy had faced such a commotion and he didn't know how to handle it."

Douglas smiled and walked straight to the chair opposite Professor McGonagall and sat down, explaining:

“I have always felt that books are a summary of the experiences of our predecessors, and only by keeping their experiences in mind can we better understand them.

Only through your own practice can you quickly find the path to success at the lowest cost and time.

I don't want my students to use their own blood to come up with a way to deal with black magic one day in the future.

However, this is content that has already been mentioned in lower grade textbooks.

Unfortunately, not all children can think of and understand this truth.

So as a teacher, what I need to do now is to force them to remember the knowledge.

Until one day in the future, through practice, they will naturally digest this knowledge."

Professor McGonagall heard Douglas describe his understanding of education.

I couldn't help but put down the quill in my hand.

He crossed his hands on the table and thought carefully about Douglas's words.

"I have indeed encountered the situation you described during my years of teaching.

Whenever I was teaching, I was not familiar with the content in the textbook, which slowed down the progress of the class.

Or some senior students, after studying Transfiguration for half a day, found out that it was all content that had been covered in the textbook before.

However, I personally don't think this method is very suitable for learning magic.

You should know that magic itself is an extension of thought.

If they limit magic to rigid knowledge, it will greatly hinder their development of new magic."

Douglas understood what Professor McGonagall meant.

Hogwarts attaches great importance to teaching practice and cultivates students' hands-on ability.

At present, except for Douglas's teachers, the classrooms of other professors are filled with a wide variety of teaching aids.

The main focus of students' activities in class is hands-on practice, and the knowledge in textbooks is only supplementary content.

Basically, the operation is guided by teachers.

Including other auxiliary courses, audio-visual teaching methods are basically adopted.

But there is a problem with this, most students will have varying degrees of subject bias.

Moreover, the basic theoretical knowledge learned is not very solid.

Many of them only have a superficial understanding of it, and the inheritance of such knowledge has resulted in most people in the modern magic world being perfunctory in the use of magic.

Or they may only realize such problems after they start working.

At that time, in order to work, I picked up the knowledge that I had missed in the textbooks.

Of course, Douglas does not deny that there are problems with Hogwarts' education methods.

Instead, while they adopt practical teaching, they also put more theoretical knowledge into class.

It all depends on students' self-awareness to master the content of the textbook.

But they are all teenagers, how much self-control can be expected from most of them?

At the same time, those theoretical knowledge are what the OLS exam will test...

In short, Douglas set his sights on students' spare time.

Chapter 23 Class Representative's Special Class

You should know that Hogwarts students have class hours except for the astronomy class in the evening.

Other hours are from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Because teachers are scarce, students do not have classes throughout the day.

Hogwarts never had a free-range teaching model from the beginning, after all, there were so many empty classrooms.

However, as there are fewer and fewer teachers, students' class time has to be shortened.

Douglas thought about this problem very early, so he selected class representatives from each college and grade in his class.

He did this not just to make his classes easier.

It is also for the situation where teacher resources are scarce.

Arrange more concentrated self-study courses for students.

Rather than the kind of study that relies entirely on self-consciousness in the common room.

When students are used to reciting textbooks, morning reading courses can also be arranged.

Douglas still felt it was a bit late for class at 8:30 in the morning.