Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

"This is really speechless." Lucius muttered in a low voice.

"However, thanks to these experiences, they developed a magical device to prevent animals from escaping. At first, they used it just to show off their captured prey, but since they began to starve, they gradually improved the device to the point where the prey could never escape and could even be kept alive."

"That magical device does carry an obsession to not let its prey die, because that is directly related to their survival." Tonks suddenly realized.

"This makes me think that when new students enter school, perhaps they should conduct more serious academic investigations, and even health investigations and family background checks. In fact, there should be some places where they can learn before entering Hogwarts. The starting age for learning in the wizarding world is really too late. It's not a problem for families who can afford to hire a tutor, but it's very difficult for other families. Considering the training of future talents, this is also a question worth thinking about."

"Also, Charlie has always been concerned about Filch. He has served Hogwarts wholeheartedly for so many years. Can you give him some pension so that he can live a relatively wealthy old age? You can let a retired wizard take over his position and serve as the forest ranger at the same time."

"Oh, there are so many things to do," said my uncle.

"In short, Dumbledore did nothing, I understand that. The same goes for Filch. Although he doesn't know magic, he has done a good job at Hogwarts over the years... I will find a way to solve it. In addition, I will also recommend to the Board of Directors that they make more attempts in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. I will also promote the establishment of a curse-breaking team in the Ministry of Magic."

"By the way, is the class assignment system that Ron mentioned very common in Muggle schools? There is also the prefect system." He asked Professor Prince and Tonks.

"We were a poor working class family and had no idea about boarding schools. But class allocation is common everywhere. It is usually randomized to avoid too much deviation, especially in the basic education stage."

"That's true. Class allocation is mostly for balance. Also, as the grade increases, some schools will concentrate students with excellent grades. Prestigious full-boarding schools will also evenly distribute students from different backgrounds, which helps them learn how to get along with others. As Ron said, dormitories and classes are separate."

"Muggle society focuses more on how to integrate people of different types and classes together. Prefects are often selected from these outstanding people. Nowadays, pure-blood aristocrats and Muggle-born students have almost no intersection in Hogwarts, but after graduation they will always meet at work. It can be said that once they become adults, it is difficult to suddenly ask them to get along well."

"I heard that although you come from a Muggle family, you have adapted well?"

"That's thanks to Andromeda. We started dating when we were students at Hogwarts, and I got to know some of the Slytherin students. My Muggle family is upper-middle class, so I didn't feel too uncomfortable. However, it was definitely difficult to enter Hogwarts from a working-class background. After all, people in the wizarding world usually only use Muggle upper-class terms."

"It would be nice if we could make up for it through club activities. But as Bill said, the teachers are already overburdened enough."

"It is. We sometimes get requests for us to serve as consultants, but there really isn't time."

"My mother never stopped my father from being violent towards me, but she never allowed me to use the vulgar language that my father or neighbors used. Perhaps she took into consideration my future entry into the wizarding world... However, this also caused me to be out of place in the Muggle school and I was often bullied. Although I couldn't subdue them by force, I understood Ron's feelings in his previous life. In that kind of environment, it would be very difficult to survive if you used a pretentious way of speaking. But entering the wizarding world from that kind of environment also requires a lot of effort."

The childhood stories that Professor Prince occasionally revealed were really heavy. Ron must have been a very powerful person to be able to study by force in his previous life in such an environment...

"Despite Severus's shabby clothing, he did not speak differently than other Muggle-borns."

Lady Narcissa, who had remained silent until then, spoke up.

"In fact, for a child like Severus, the school did not take any measures, which is a problem in itself. The school relies entirely on the goodwill of the senior students in the college. Slytherin is like a big family. No matter whether the students are Muggle-born, as long as they enter the college, they will be well taken care of. The same is true for Hufflepuff, right? But what about Gryffindor? If they notice the problem, they may take care of it, but many students there are self-centered and in many cases they don't even realize the problem. And what about Ravenclaw? Even if they notice it, they will never spend time helping others, but would rather continue their own studies. Severus can't even guarantee basic meals, right? Forcing him to eat often causes him to vomit, which is really a lot of effort. Because in the Muggle world, his parents could not accept magic and abused him, so he barely escaped to Hogwarts. The school did not provide any support at all. I remember that after Severus went home for a long vacation, our year's efforts were all gone, which really made me feel extremely sad."

"Some children don't want to go home during the holidays, right? For those children who want to completely escape from the Muggle world, we pure-blood nobles are not incapable of accepting them."

Her analysis was largely correct. Ravenclaw was indeed basically letting things go, and students often came to me for advice. And I finally understood why the professor strongly supported my informal meeting with my uncle in Hogsmeade, despite Dumbledore's opposition.

"Narcissa is right," the professor nodded in agreement. "In fact, I don't want Severus to go home either. But, considering that even during the war, that bearded old man still sent the children back to the orphanage, I think there is a lot of resistance behind it."

Dumbledore was truly sinful. Even during the war, he could have taken care of the Muggle-born students who didn't want to go home, not just Tom Riddle. His so-called support for Muggle-born students was a lie. In fact, he had no intention of helping these children. His real intention was to let these children be rejected by the pure-bloods, and then to help them when they were filled with hatred for the pure-bloods, and to use them as his pawns to fight against the pure-bloods. He did not try to reconcile the opposition between the two sides to promote the prosperity of the wizarding world.

"We do need to investigate these children. Arranging the role of dormitory mothers can help us understand their situations. Let the children submit application forms before the long vacation, and we can even ask the Ministry of Magic to intervene depending on the situation. If experienced retired wizards are arranged to serve as consultants, then the children will have more people to turn to instead of just relying on teachers. After all, the teachers are already too busy, and we can't add more burdens to them."

"During the holidays, if these children are provided with accommodation and food, they will be willing to work part-time even if the salary is not high, in order to earn money for books and materials for the next school year. During the semester, it would be even better if they can also reduce the financial burden by working part-time. Of course, learning comes first, but if this problem can be solved, it means that we need to increase the overall staffing of Hogwarts. Moreover, intervening early to help those children may allow them to better deal with the relationship with their families. Harry's adoptive parents are a typical example, aren't they?"

"Sirius, you should get involved in these things too, and stop being so dejected. If Harry saw you helping kids like him, wouldn't he respect you more?"

“It’s necessary to reflect on past mistakes, but if you lose the motivation to act, then it’s really useless, so cheer up.”

My uncle said these harsh words with a smile on his face.