Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Right now, I'm reading about the Ministry of Magic staff working at Hogwarts.

"If past speculations are correct, then the current Hogwarts cannot possibly reach that realm.

This weekly magazine gives an amazing account of what it's like to be a teacher at Hogwarts.

It's amazing that he can still hold on and not resign... It's incredible.

First of all, there are too few teachers at Hogwarts.

I don't know the number of students in the past, but it must be much less now than before, right? Have you ever considered adding more teachers? Or is it that because there are more and more Muggle-born students, the pure-blood nobles think that the teaching level has declined because of their joining, so they are unwilling to accept them?

The result is that Hogwarts is not considering increasing the number of teachers. The wizarding world is really incredible.

In Muggle schools, each grade is divided into several classes according to the number of students, and each class has a head teacher and a deputy head teacher.

There are also multiple teachers for the same subject. In addition, there are also backup teachers.

Teachers also need qualifications.

Is there such a rule in the magic world? If not, it may not be possible to add more teachers, and even if more are added, it will be difficult to maintain the teaching quality.

Passing the NEWT exam is probably the most basic requirement.

In the Muggle school dormitories, in addition to the teachers in charge of the dormitories, there are also dormitory managers or middle-aged aunts who live on campus to take care of the students.

Also, in this case, the class divisions are separate from the dormitories.

Even if you live in the same dormitory, you may be in different classes.

In Hogwarts, dormitories and classes are pretty much the same concept, right?"

"Yes, in the lower grades, the courses are also divided by dormitory. Even if we separate according to the elective courses, we still act according to the dormitory."

Bill replied.

“Then the way of thinking will be more biased.

In a Muggle school, students with good grades and students with bad grades, students with athletic talents and students with poor athletic talents, students with quiet talents and students with noisy talents, are all mixed together and evenly distributed overall.

Although students are divided into classes based on their academic performance at a certain point in the school year, classes are adjusted every one or two years.

In this way, some students who must be separated will be separated every now and then, such as bullies and those who are bullied.

After a few years, everyone basically knows each other.

Although we may not necessarily become friends, we are at least acquaintances.

Each class will elect a monitor, who is similar to a dormitory prefect.

The dormitory monitor is similar to the class monitor, but starting from the lower grades, this type of class monitor is the coordinator within the class.

The class monitor must be someone who is trusted by both teachers and classmates. It is not enough to just be good at studying.

Surprisingly, sometimes classmates will recommend people that the teacher would not have thought of. Although these people are usually good at studying, those who are just good at pleasing the teacher will not be chosen as class monitor no matter how good their studies are.

Prefects are usually senior students, right? In that case, they may not be able to grasp the disputes among the juniors.

Each grade has its own elected leader. In the first year, you may only be able to rely on recommendations from teachers or senior students, but as long as there are such people elected, it will be much easier to deal with problems.

When freshmen first start living in a dormitory, there will definitely be a lot of problems, right? The prefects are busy with their own studies, and it is already difficult for them to handle the conflicts within the dormitory.

If each grade elects two representatives and a deputy representative, it will be easier to handle issues.”

Bill, who was already a Hogwarts student, nodded:

"Indeed! Prefects are older students, so younger children may hesitate to consult with them.

Although each grade has some people who look like representatives, they are just ‘seemingly’ people…If representatives are indeed elected, students can consult with them first, and if the representatives can’t handle it, they can go to the older students.”

Bill's answer revealed that he probably received a large number of consultation requests from many young students.

It was hard at home, and it wasn't easy at school either... Bill's hard work seemed to have been practiced since he was a child...

I continued:

“The class presidents would gather for year meetings, and even all the class presidents in the school would meet.

There will also be separate meetings for the lower, middle and upper grades.

In this way, students can have a better understanding of their situation and have more opportunities to communicate with other dormitory representatives.”

Charlie also spoke:

“Yes, even if you can’t discuss it with senior students, you can talk to representatives of your own age.

This is also an option when you don't want to consult with people in the same dormitory.

However, if the representative is not careful enough, new problems may arise.

Moreover, the competition between dormitories is fierce now, so this plan may be difficult to implement.”

Bill said:

“That’s indeed the case.

Students in the same dorm don’t necessarily want to confide in each other… but if, as Ron said, there is hostility between dormitories, then it could lead to pulling each other down, which is really worrying.”

I proposed:

“Is it time to consider stopping the competition between dormitories? If there is no competition, although the representatives will be very busy, it will also be a good thing to get to know the representatives of other dormitories.

People who serve as representatives and deputy representatives more often are likely to become leaders in the future.

As the grade increases, representatives are basically decided by recommendations from students of the same grade.

However, some people may not want to serve as a representative at all, in which case it is best to communicate in advance.

Some may also be reluctant to serve as representatives for two consecutive years.

It’s also important to get comfortable with this negotiation early on.

I feel like there is a particular lack of communication in the wizarding world.

It is recommended to listen more to the opinions of students of similar age.

Some people are very nice to their peers and elders, but behave rudely to younger ones.”

""yes.""

The twins seemed to recall their parents and felt some empathy.

Percy also shrank his neck:

"Indeed."

I said:

"There are many types of Muggle schools, so they are screened when they are admitted."

""filter?""

“Children from the aristocratic class usually go to prestigious schools where many people of the same class gather. Even if they don’t have a title, rich people will go to schools where rich people gather.

There are also schools for smart kids, and of course there are schools for kids who are rich but not smart.

Children from ordinary families go to public schools.

However, public schools are also very competitive, so schools in good areas usually only accept children from good families, while those in bad areas... you can probably guess what it's like.

By the way, I graduated from such a school in my previous life.

There is only one school in the British wizarding world, so the situation is more complicated.

Although students can be assigned to houses through the Sorting Hat, other factors are not taken into account and there are too few schools.

If Hogwarts was torn apart by internal strife, why didn't they create a new school? Perhaps they thought it would be enough to pass the responsibility to the remaining members.

However, the number of people in the wizarding world is indeed too small, so can we at least consider dividing the classes like in Muggle schools?

This will benefit students in the long run.

If you don't like someone or you don't get along with him, just don't get close to him.

Even if things are not going well in class, if you have friends you get along with in the dormitory, you can cope with it, and vice versa.

Under the current system, students have almost no way out, right?

Besides, isn't it important to study with people of different classes and ways of thinking in the same class and learn how to get along with them? It is precisely because we don't learn this that we will continue to have conflicts even after we grow up, right? "

Charlie felt the same way and said with a wry smile:

"I think so too.

Although only a year had passed, I didn’t interact much with people from other colleges.

It feels like a group of people who are just making do with their lives, huddling together for warmth and graduating after seven years.

As grades increase, elective courses become more differentiated, but academics become very busy and it is difficult to develop particularly deep friendships.

Although it's not completely without any friendship, it's not much either.

Bill was a frequent visitor to the library and was very visible, so he knew a lot of people from other colleges, but most people like me don’t have that opportunity.”

This is the first time I have heard of this. I nodded and said:

"I see, this is how the Hogwarts houses are organized...

If you were as good as Bill, you would know a lot more people.

And indeed, there are many ways to escape.”

Bill shook his head and said:

“Charlie said that I know a lot of people, but a lot of people come to me to discuss things.

Under the present system, if you are isolated in the academy, you are isolated in your entire school life.

Because basically everyone works together as a college.

Moreover, the tutors in the college are all very busy, and sometimes I don’t even have the mind to ask for advice because I don’t want to disturb the busy teachers.

This is roughly the working status of teachers described in this weekly magazine.”

I suggested:

“Introducing a class allocation system may meet with great resistance, but at least an attempt could be made to promote communication between the houses through representatives from each grade and meetings of representatives.

Those who really cannot fit in at the academy should, at worst, be allowed to transfer to another academy.

If you find out from the beginning that it is not suitable, and you have to endure it for seven years, it is simply hell.”

After saying that, I looked at my brothers with some curiosity and asked:

"By the way, how are the colleges allocated?"

Bill smiled faintly:

"Well, I hope you can take this as something to look forward to."

The twins seemed to have heard it from their elders a long time ago, but they deliberately kept silent and said with a sly smile:

"We knew it a long time ago!"

Charlie looked at me with a smile and asked:

"Ron, how do you think it's divided?"

I thought about it and gave my own guess:

"Bloodline, aptitude, and personality, these are the three things I can think of. It's definitely not determined by humans, right? Maybe it's determined by some kind of prop? Otherwise, there wouldn't be such an obvious conflict between the schools.

If it was decided by humans, they would have changed the system before the conflict intensified, so this could be some kind of relic left by the founder?”

"Well... that's about it."

Charlie replied with a slightly disappointed tone.

“The academy can’t do anything about this.

But I couldn't help feeling a little nervous when I thought about taking classes with real noble young masters and young ladies in the future.

Taking classes together was bearable, but living in the same college was overwhelming.

It's more reassuring to live with people of the same type, so it makes sense to sort by bloodline... But I seem to have the blood of the Black family in me, so they won't put me together with those noble young men, right?

But the exchanges outside the academy are pitifully rare, which leads to the lack of tolerance among wizards of different classes or ideologies. "

Bill patted my shoulder and said comfortingly:

“Class allocation is just one of the means, if there are other methods, they can also be considered.

However, the number of teachers and support staff is far too small.

Although teachers sit at prefect meetings, this is not feasible under the current system.”

Charlie nodded:

“That’s right, there are few teachers, the school is big, and the forest is dangerous. It’s really not easy to manage it with so few people.

Is it because the principal’s will is too strong?

Hagrid could never be a bad guy, and I had a pretty good relationship with him.

But he really has no sense of responsibility.

Besides, isn't it strange that the management of the school is handed over to a Squib Filch? It is said that someone was dissatisfied because he was not appointed as the professor of Defense, so he cast a curse, but why not find an expert to remove the curse?"

When Charlie said this, Bill responded:

"Indeed, Defense Against the Dark Arts was a complete mess.

There are new teachers every year. Although there are good ones, there are more unqualified ones, and anyone can be stuffed in...

As Ron said earlier, there are no special qualifications required, so it is likely that they will just randomly choose a teacher from the graduates? This arrangement is simply not enough to deal with the dark arts.

It would be fine if it happened in the past ten years, but it has been forty years, right?

Since no measures have been taken, it can only be said that the principal is irresponsible.”

He said it bluntly.

"yes.

For example, if he is really the 'strongest wizard of justice' (laughs), why doesn't he list himself as a professor of defense? Has he ever considered it?

Is he just trying to protect himself?"

"'The Strongest Justice Wizard (laughs)', hahahahaha! So funny!"

The twins burst into laughter, while Bill and Charlie smiled wryly.

“Or he could have taught the Defense course himself, as I heard he did before?

At least it's much better than those boring teachers.

He had fought against Grindelwald, so why didn't he teach it himself? After reading the teacher's work report, the headmaster seemed to be the one with the least time.

It may not be appropriate for lower grade classes, but for higher grade classes, it should be okay for the principal to teach, right?

Or, leave the quota vacant, hire an Auror from the Ministry every month, or simply let Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort, be a figurehead, how much more money would that save? Have they tried these methods?"

Bill pondered.

"Perhaps the principal doesn't want students to learn defensive skills at all?

Otherwise, it would be too helpless. What on earth was he thinking...

The benefit of allowing students to graduate without mastering defense is..."

"'In order to always be the 'strongest wizard of justice' (laughs))"'"

"Because if the students took normal classes, one day someone would surpass him! That person was able to reach the same level as him just by being left alone. In another 20 or 30 years, who knows, there might be a new genius."

"But is it really true that only that person cast the curse?"

"Yeah, because they didn't even try to break the curse!"

"Doesn't he want to be replaced? In any case, he is not fit to be a teacher."

"Yes, that's right, but I didn't expect it..."

“To master the art of defense, one must first master the dark arts.

For someone who studies Defense, if someone says that person is inclined towards the Dark Arts, it is not impossible, right?"

I raised questions.

"Well, he certainly said that."

"Isn't that what happened with Tom Riddle?"

"'And he was forced to become a true Dark wizard?'"

Fred and George replied.

Bill also felt a little embarrassed:

“It’s really possible, it’s really a headache.

I'm interested in curses, but it often involves a lot of dark magic.

If I wanted to become an expert in removing curses, I would definitely have to delve into the dark arts.

I am a Gryffindor student, but if I were a Slytherin, I would definitely be said to have fallen into darkness. "

“‘It’s very likely~!’”

"That's what I thought, Bill, think about it.

Ever since it was decided that all four of us brothers would go to the Weasley family's house, including Charlie and I, the way Dumbledore looked at us was... really chilling.

Honestly, I was relieved when he was arrested and fired as principal.”

Charlie hugged his arms and trembled slightly.

Although I have never seen the old man, it is better not to meet him. My intuition and the facts in front of me tell me that Dumbledore is very dangerous.