Hogwarts Life Guide

After speaking, Fred and George's reactions were beyond Tangning's expectation. Instead of being angry as expected, they actually seemed a little aggrieved.

According to their personalities, they should be instinctively disgusted with Tangning's serious attitude. You can tell by looking at the way they tease Percy every day.

but……

"Don't think so bad of us..."

"At worst, we won't be recruiting anymore..."

Tangning didn't know what to say for a moment.

Little did they know that the twins were also startled by the seriousness of Tangning's words. When Percy was a prefect or chairman, Fred and George dared to play pranks on Percy.But for Tang Ning, the two of them experienced the process of Tang Ning gradually surpassing them from the little brother they used to play with.In addition, after learning about Tang Ning's life, the twins actually admired Tang Ning in some aspects.

On the other hand, Tangning's experience of winning the Triwizard Tournament with his own strength has brought Tangning a huge reputation among the young wizards, even though his life experience as the son of a Death Eater has been made public by Bella disguised as Bertha Jorkins. .Even Tangning herself didn't realize this.

When the two of them noticed Tangning's unshakable opposition beneath her expressionless face, it was only natural that they would retreat.

Besides, the two of them were not stupid. After being caught, they deliberately went against a student union president.

After giving some instructions, Tangning saw Angelina, the new captain of the Quidditch team, coming to see Fred and George. She said goodbye to Hermione in a timely manner and started their breakfast.

It's a busy Monday, or as the twins say, a busy school year.

After the still drowsy History of Magic class, there were two Potions classes in the morning.

Perhaps Snape spent every day with Harry during the summer vacation - teaching Harry Occlumency.In the first lesson of fifth grade, Snape for the first time did not cause any trouble for Harry in class.

He just reminded everyone of the OWLs next June before teaching the students how to make the demulcent, and said that he would only select the best students to enter his NEWTs potion class.

The latter can be regarded as an advanced course. The test scores of OWLs are the threshold for NEWTs. By the sixth grade, students can selectively drop some courses based on their OWLs scores... When it comes to Snape's Potions class, then It was just abandoned.

The scores of NEWTs are the real graduation scores of students. For students who are interested in developing careers in the Ministry of Magic, Magic Hospitals, etc., NEWTs are a stepping stone, just like Muggle diplomas.

For example, the most prestigious Auror in the Ministry of Magic requires applicants to pass at least 5 NEWT exams, and the score must not be lower than "exceeds expectations", which is the first two grades - O or E.

The only pity is that this score can be used in relatively few places, and is limited to jobs in the magic world that require knowledge.Still the same old problem, a Hogwarts diploma means nothing in the Muggle world.

After Snape reminded the little wizards with "true kindness", before the official class, he could not help but "kindly" pay attention to the few little wizards who had been performing poorly in Potions class, including Yuna. Neville was represented by Neville, and his two words made Neville take a few breaths of air.

The preparation of the demulcent potion was not difficult for Tangning and Hermione. Although it was a very complicated potion, the crucible must be controlled within a specific temperature range at a specific time during the preparation, and the last step had to be put in as soon as possible. serving ingredients.In contrast, the number of turns and direction of stirring cannot be wrong at all. Clockwise, counterclockwise, and then clockwise... it doesn't matter.

But the most difficult thing is not these, but that this time they are not divided into groups. Everyone has to complete their own potions alone, just like during the exam.

Moderator, is within the scope of OWLs exams.

Tangning and Hermione successfully completed their respective potions according to Snape's instructions. Although they could not exert the perfect effect, Snape frowned after checking and said, "The potion is barely effective...".For those who are making it for the first time, it is already quite good if it works.

Naturally, Snape would not praise them for this. At this time, no Slytherin student had made the potion. He rarely scolded several young wizards in the Snake House, and the affected fishes hurriedly messed up the situation. Got even more confused.

Even though Snape kept a gloomy expression, Tangning was sure that he was not in a good mood.

"If I were you, I would definitely take the time to memorize the production steps in my mind!" Snape reminded him in a low tone as he passed by Tangning's experimental table, and then walked away without looking back.

In Tangning's eyes, Snape was a complex of contradictions and secrets.He once thought, if Snape could treat all students equally, would he be more popular?

There is no answer.

Downing believed that Snape should be well aware of how the students felt about him, but Snape never seemed to want to change.

After coming back to her senses, Tangning and Hermione recited the steps for making the potion.

After lunch, Tangning and Hermione only took a short rest before rushing to the Arithmetic Divination classroom. Like last year, Professor Victor used the first class to make sure that the students had not forgotten the knowledge from the previous school year. Therefore, this was another class. A very smooth class.

But after that, there were two Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons.

When Tangning walked into the classroom, Umbridge was already sitting behind the podium. She was still wearing the same fluffy pink cardigan she wore last night.

The classroom was very quiet, and the students tried not to make any noise. Umbridge left a deep impression on everyone yesterday. No one knew how strict she would be about classroom discipline.

"Good afternoon, students!" Umbridge said before class.

The response she received did not satisfy her, only a few students muttered "Good afternoon" here and there.Tangning took Hermione and sat in the back row of the classroom. She was also a quiet member, watching Umbridge's performance coldly.

"Tsk, tsk," Umbridge said, shaking her head slightly, "That's not okay. I want you to answer like this: 'Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge.' Please do it again. Good afternoon, classmates!"

"Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge."

This time the voice was much more tidy. Tangning was still observing without speaking. He didn't believe that Umbridge would teach honestly when she came to Hogwarts.

"That's right," Umbridge kept her cooing voice, "It's not too difficult, is it? Please put away your wand and take out your quill."

Umbridge opened her handbag, pulled out a surprisingly short wand, and tapped it hard on the blackboard. Two lines of words immediately appeared on the blackboard: Defense Against the Dark Arts Returns to Basic Principles.

"Students, your teaching of this course has always been intermittent and unsystematic, right?" Umbridge turned to face the class, crossed her fingers with her hands, placed them squarely on her chest, and then "Teachers are constantly changing, and many of them do not appear to be teaching according to the curriculum standards approved by the Ministry of Magic, which unfortunately means that you are now far from where you should be in OWLs," he said.

"However, you will be pleased to know that these problems are about to be rectified. This year, we will be studying a carefully planned, theory-centred, Ministry-approved Defense Against Magic course. Please copy these words .”

She knocked on the blackboard again, and the two lines of words disappeared and were replaced by the course objectives——

1. Understand the basic principles of magic defense.

2. Learn to identify the situations in which magic defense can be legally used.

3. Assess defensive magic in the context of practical application.

Tangning was a little surprised when he saw this scene. This was the first time he saw this typical PPT at Hogwarts. He took it seriously. Anyone who could be the Deputy Minister of Magic was definitely not an incompetent person.

Two or three minutes later, everyone, including Tangning, copied down the course objectives on the blackboard.At this time, Umbridge asked: "Does every student have a copy of Wilbert Slinka's "The Theory of Magical Defense"?"

There was a murmur of affirmative voices in the classroom.

"I think we have to do it again," Umbridge emphasized. "When I ask you a question, I want you to answer 'Yes, Professor Umbridge.' or 'No, Professor Umbridge.' .’ Again: Does every classmate have a copy of Wilbert Slinka’s The Theory of Magical Defense?”

"Yes, Professor Umbridge."

The students' answers were as neat as before the class. This was a requirement that other professors in the school had never had, including the always strict Professor McGonagall.

Tangning vaguely noticed something... Before he could think about it, he heard Umbridge say——

"Very good, I hope you will turn the book to page five and read 'Chapter 1, Basic Principles for Getting Started'. Don't whisper to each other while reading."

After saying that, she left the blackboard, sat down on the chair behind the podium, and stared at everyone with her eyes like a toad with droopy eyelids.