[HP] Being a problem student at Hogwarts

As if there were countless threads intertwined in the dark, Voldemort was destined to confront Dumbledore - he wanted the Elder Wand, and Dumbledore had the Elder Wand. As for him, Tom, he was like an innocent prey that crashed into this huge spider web. Voldemort's family resurrection stone was on him, Dumbledore's beloved phoenix was also on him, and his target also fell on the Elder Wand... ...Hey, describing it this way, he doesn't sound like an innocent prey?

Tom took pleasure in his misery and made himself laugh.

But Ron couldn't laugh at all. At the end of get out of class, he climbed down the ladder and complained loudly: "Do you know how much homework we have already? Binns asked us to write a paper that was a foot and a half long. , talking about the Giant War; the paper Snape wanted was a foot long and talked about the uses of moonstone; and now Trelawney wants us to write down our dreams every day for a month! Fred and George said this O. W.Ls has been a tough year, it sure seems like it, doesn't it? That woman named Umbridge had better not give us any more..."

Harry remained silent, hoping that the Defense Against the Dark Lord lesson would be less homework later.

When they entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, they found Professor Umbridge already sitting behind the podium. She was wearing the same fuzzy pink cardigan she had worn the night before, with a black velvet bow on top of her head - like a big black fly that had foolishly landed on an even bigger pink one. Leprous worms and toads.

The whole class was silent when they walked into the classroom, only their appraising eyes eagerly fell on Umbridge - no one knew how strict she was about classroom discipline, and students never lacked the ability to test the bottom line. courage.

"Good afternoon, classmates!" she said sweetly after the whole class sat down.

Several classmates muttered "Good afternoon" in reply.

"Tsk," said Professor Umbridge, "that's not going to work, is it? I want you to respond like this: 'Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge.' Please do it again. Good afternoon, classmates!"

The students exchanged glances, and this time the answers were much neater and louder: "Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge!"

A few Gryffindors deliberately yelled out at the top of their lungs, but Umbridge didn't react to this. She just laughed and said, "That's right. It's not too difficult, is it? Please accept it." Pick up your wand and take out your quill."

Many students let out low lamentations. Partly because what follows the command "put away the wand" is usually not a lesson they find interesting, and the other half is because of temptation - if it were Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape who said "put away the wand, "Take out the quill", no one in the class would make a sound that was disappointing.

Umbridge's eyes glanced over every student who made inappropriate noises, and she pulled out a surprisingly short wand and tapped it hard on the blackboard like a warning. Two lines of words immediately appeared on the blackboard:

Defense Against the Dark Arts Back to Basics

"Classmates, your teaching of this course has always been intermittent and unsystematic, right?" Professor Umbridge turned to face the class, crossed her fingers and placed them squarely on her chest. Then he said, "Teachers are constantly changing, and many of them do not seem to be teaching in accordance with the curriculum standards approved by the Ministry of Magic. This unfortunately means that you are now far from reaching the level you should achieve in O.W.Ls."

"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 tapped on the blackboard again, and the two lines of words just now disappeared, replaced by "Course Objectives".

1. Understand the basic principles of magic defense.

2. Learn to recognize the occasions in which defense against magic can be legally used.

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

- This was almost certainly Umbridge's revenge for the student's unsatisfactory greeting and whimpering as she sheathed her wand.

Otherwise, a copying spell will do the trick. What's more, this is not a key knowledge point. The so-called course objectives are made up at first glance. Any Muggle educator can spit out thousands of words about these three points.

Tom scrawled these lines as he thought.

Two or three minutes later, when every student had copied down Professor Umbridge's three course objectives, she asked: "Does every student have a copy of Wilbert Slinka's "Theory of Magical Defense"?" "?"

There was a murmur of affirmation in the class.

"I think we have to do it again," said Professor Umbridge, with a smirk. "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 Defense of Magic?"

"Yes, Professor Umbridge," the class answered loudly.

Hermione shifted uncomfortably in her seat. This domestication training made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Very well," Professor Umbridge said sweetly, "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."

The Gryffindors exchanged glances again, deliberately turning the pages of their books as a form of protest. The Slytherins pretended to smile and opened the book gracefully - but did not read it.

Tom, who had read through all the new books on the day he bought the textbook, did not touch it. Even the Dark Lord personally judged this book as "junk" - although there were not many non-junk books in his mouth, this book was indeed not worth it. Upon first reading, it is full of official clichés, almost like a modern satirical art work showing how paper resources are wasted.

Also not opening the book was Hermione. Harry and Ron were looking at her with shocked eyes as she raised a hand towards Professor Umbridge, indicating that she had something to say.

Professor Umbridge's eyes were looking equally firmly in the completely opposite direction.

This was much more interesting than reading the long-winded basic principles. More and more students began to turn their attention to Hermione, going back and forth between her and Umbridge with a secret excitement that they were about to see something good. Look around.

"Professor?" Tom waited for a while and then spoke proactively, "Miss Granger has something to say."

Umbridge had to look over, as if she had just noticed that Hermione had her hands raised.

"Dear, do you have any questions about the content of this chapter?" She asked in a clearly disguised intimacy tone. The warning and impatience in that tone were just right, making people listen. It comes out and feels like a lump in the throat, and yet it lurks secretly under friendly questions, walking on the edge of politeness and offense.

"No, not about this chapter," Hermione said, standing up. "I have a question about your course objectives."

Professor Umbridge raised his eyebrows.

"Miss Granger, right?" She insisted on using her artificially friendly and sweet tone, but with a stronger tone of warning and indifference, "If you have any suggestions or comments about the curriculum standards reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Magic, , welcome to use owl submissions, the recipient should write...well, the Receiving and Receiving Department of the Ministry of Magic will do, the assistant secretaries will send the letters to where they should go."

"If you insist, I will write to you after class." Hermione said, "But I believe you can answer my question now - the second item of your course standard is 'Learn to identify situations where Defense Magic can be used legally' ', when it comes to the third item, it becomes 'evaluation', where is the use of defensive spells in the middle?"

Umbridge's fake smile was as unshakable as it was etched on her face.

"Miss Granger, you are really worrying too much. I can't imagine that there will be a situation in my class that requires you to use defensive spells. You don't think you will be attacked during class, do you?" she said.

"Can't we use magic?" Ron yelled, his face turning as red as his hair.

"In my class, students who want to speak must raise their hands first. You are——"

"Weasley." Ron said and quickly raised his hand.

Tom kicked him lightly under the table, and Ron reacted, raising his hand and repeating the question: "Can't we use magic?"

——Anyway, Umbridge only said that she must raise her hands before speaking, but did not say that she had to raise her hands to get her approval before she could speak.

Umbridge's eyes fell on Tom briefly, then she looked at Ron with a smile and said, "That's it, Mr. Weasley, and other students who have questions. Our latest study plan, It will be a safe and risk-free way to learn defensive spells, so that everyone can work hard to build a peaceful and stable magic world from an early age——" 7K妏婩

"What's the use of that?" Harry asked loudly, "We have already set up a defense class. Isn't it ridiculous to say that there is no risk? What should we defend if there is no risk? Peace and stability can only be achieved by unilaterally putting down the wand. Did it come true? I thought that laying down weapons meant surrender, but it turns out that the magic world has a different explanation." He said sarcastically.

"I say it again," Umbridge smirked calmly, "Do you think you'd be attacked in my class?"

Without waiting for Harry to answer, she continued to ask aggressively, "Mr. Potter, what you said just now, do you think it is undesirable to learn defensive spells in a safe way? You mean, in a way that is without risk and Is it particularly ridiculous to teach in a way that protects the lives of students? Do you think that when you live and study at Hogwarts, you can't feel at ease without holding a wand at all times? Then do you think Dumbledore is Are you dissatisfied with the construction of the campus environment under the leadership of the principal? Is your question to me just now because you are unwilling to contribute to building a peaceful and stable magical world?"

She paused briefly, and then added the last sentence with a deliberately shocked expression: "Merlin, what kind of person wouldn't be happy to see a peaceful and stable magical world?"