Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

Russell did not bother Hermione rashly, but stood behind the little witch who was studying seriously and watched silently.

In his previous life, Russell couldn't understand the kind of teacher who silently appeared behind a certain classmate during self-study class and watched him do his homework. Today, he suddenly understood.

Sometimes watching those outstanding students study hard is really a pleasure for a teacher who aims to teach and educate people.

Hermione has a good reading habit.

Russell's "Charms Learning: From Beginner to Mastery", Hermione first started reading from the table of contents. After circling a few keywords that she seemed to have questions about, she started reading Chapter 1 "Levitation Charm" Basic principles of mechanics: starting from Newton’s first law.

Hermione, who comes from the Muggle world, is obviously not unfamiliar with the name Newton, but she obviously does not understand Newton's first law since she has not continued to learn Muggle knowledge since she was 10 years old, which was the fourth grade of elementary school in her previous life.

Because Russell saw her writing Newton's first law on the parchment, this should mean that this was a point of doubt for her.

However, Hermione crossed out "Newton's First Law" after reading for less than 5 minutes. Russell guessed that this was because she understood the meaning of Newton's First Law.

This was not a surprise to Russell.

Although Newton's first law is a bit difficult to pronounce, it is actually a common sense law that everyone can feel in daily life.

Force is what changes the state of physical motion. If an object remains motionless, it either has no force or the external force it experiences is balanced.

When Russell compiled "Magic Learning: From Beginner to Mastery", he paid special attention to starting from the shallower to the deeper, inspiring readers to think for themselves step by step and then draw conclusions.

Hermione seemed to be very adaptable to this learning method. She had just learned Newton's first law and had already begun to think about the principles of the levitation spell based on the prompts in the book.

I even started to draw a force analysis diagram based on an example diagram in the book without a teacher.

Hermione drew a tabby cat on the parchment, then drew a downward arrow and marked it G (Gravity), and then drew an upward arrow and marked M (Magic).

Then she thought about it again and wrote: Magic and gravity are in balance, so the raccoon cat transformed by Professor McGonagall can float in the air and remain motionless.

"Hahahaha! Professor McGonagall transformed into a raccoon cat!" Russell suddenly understood why Hermione didn't draw a small wooden block for stress analysis like herself. It turned out that the cat was Professor McGonagall.

Russell's uncontrollable burst of laughter quickly led to consequences. The librarian, Mrs. Pince, glared at him and warned, "Keep quiet in the library, even if you are the principal!"

And Hermione turned around and spotted him.

Russell didn't go to argue with Mrs. Pince. It was his fault to laugh in the library.

Besides, as we all know, librarians at top universities are untouchable.

"Professor Russell!" Hermione lowered her voice and said hello to Russell. At the same time, she tidied her hair that had been messed up while thinking in a panic.

"Close your earplugs and listen!" Russell also whispered, and then returned to normal voice volume, "Now we don't have to worry about Mrs. Pince speaking normally."

Hermione turned her head and glanced at Mrs. Pince. As expected, there was no reaction. She returned to her normal voice and said: "Professor Russell, I am reading your book. It is different from all the magic books I have read. On the contrary, ,instead......"

Russell took over and said, "It's a bit like a Muggle textbook, isn't it?"

Hermione nodded. She had not had a very good impression of Slytherins after being in school for more than a year. She knew that many of them hated Muggles, so she stopped mid-sentence.

Russell did not pay attention to these details, but said: "Muggles have no less intelligence than wizards, or even higher than wizards. Don't think that Slytherin is inherently repulsive to Muggles.

There are many wizards in Slytherin who come from the Muggle world or have Muggle blood. For example, my parents should be both Muggles.

Professor Snape is also a mixed-race, and even Lord Voldemort, Slytherin's most famous wizard in the last century, is also a mixed-race wizard. "

This is Russell's real thought. Wizards and Muggles may be different in many ways due to the objective fact that magic comes with blood, and cannot be truly equal.

But in terms of intelligence, there is actually no difference between the two. Even Muggles have more people and a better education system, so there will be more smart people.

Anyway, Russell didn't think Dumbledore would be smarter than Einstein because of his magical powers.

Hermione was extremely surprised by Russell's sudden revelation. Her mouth opened wide, as if she couldn't believe what she heard.

Russell was from the Muggle world, which she had guessed when reading the book. Snape, the dean of Slytherin House, was actually a mixed race?Hermione couldn't believe it.

As for Voldemort, the legendary murderer who hated all Muggles and was also a hybrid, it was completely beyond Hermione's imagination.

For these reasons, Russell actually had a lot of doubts about Slytherin's academic spirit.

The element of pure blood does not seem to be important to whether one can enter Slytherin. On the contrary, ambition seems to be the quality that Slytherin values ​​more.

Russell had read the book "A History of Hogwarts", which recorded that Salazar Slytherin particularly valued "a certain contempt for legal rules" when selecting students.

From this point of view, this spirit has some similarities with Gryffindor.

However, Gryffindor seems to be the kind of reckless man who "uses martial arts to break the law", while Slytherin is closer to the old YB style of "confucianism and civilized law".

It is rumored that Gryffindor and I and Salazar Slytherin were once the two best friends among the four. Judging from the fact that both people like to break taboos, Russell feels that this statement is quite credible. of.

Thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind. Russell encouraged Hermione a few words and stopped disturbing her study. It was already two o'clock, and his first open class would be at three o'clock, and he had not had lunch yet. .

Russell felt that he was a Slytherin through and through. Except for cooking, he felt that he might be more suitable for Hufflepuff.

Therefore, he never misses any lunch.

The house elves in the Hogwarts kitchen are all the best chefs, and he, the principal, has the highest say in what to eat.

He will not give up this kind of principal benefit.