Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

in the principal's office.

Russell was grading the homework that had just been received, and the completed homework was divided into four piles based on his own judgment.

This job was really boring for Russell. He had to do the same basic question hundreds of times in a row, and Russell felt like he was going to vomit.

Theoretically speaking, considering the various magics in the wizarding world and the alchemy of fairies, it shouldn't be difficult to create an automatic marking machine specifically for marking homework.

Alternatively, Russell could leave this matter directly to Hermione and the other three study committee members.

However, Russell did not want to do this the first time he graded the homework. The focus was not on correcting the homework itself, but Russell hoped to understand the level of the little wizards through this graded homework, and then conduct some board-breaking education.

Hogwarts has a class system, but it is only for young wizards in the sixth and seventh grades. Courses starting from the sixth grade will have certain requirements for the scores of the OWLs exam.

Generally, only those who have obtained grades of 0 (Outstanding) and E (ExceedsExpectations exceed expectations) are eligible to choose the corresponding courses. Of course, some professors will relax the conditions to A (Acceptable).

The studies in the sixth and seventh grades affect the NEWTs exam, and the NEWTs certificate affects the employment prospects of Hogwarts students after graduation.

Of course Russell passed all OWLs with flying colors as expected, and then also obtained all NEWTs certificates.

It can be said that Russell is already very familiar with this set of graded examination methods in the wizarding world, but Russell is not prepared to select some elite students to join his cram school in this way.

Russell divided all students into four categories: those with both scientific and magical thinking, those with strong scientific thinking but slightly deficient in magical thinking, those with strong magical thinking but slightly deficient in scientific thinking, and those with great potential.

In order to do a good job of classification, Russell not only judged right and wrong based on the answers when correcting homework, but also paid more attention to the type of errors, whether they were errors in magical thinking or scientific thinking, or whether there were problems with both.

Then classify them according to the types of errors. Not only do we need to know what the little wizards are right or wrong, but we also need to know where they went wrong and why they went wrong. Only in this way can we help students make better progress.

About an hour later, Russell finally completed all the assignment grading tasks. He called Percy and other three assistants through portrait painting, and asked them to distribute the assignments according to his requirements and notify them of the results of the assignments.

The three of them nodded in agreement and were about to leave. Russell stopped Hermione and said, "Miss Granger, stay here for a moment. We need to discuss your paper."

With Percy's envious eyes as he left, Hermione stayed in the office with some apprehension.

"Let's get straight to the point."

Russell is extremely optimistic about Hermione's talent. In his plan, Hermione will help him take on most of the work in the future. Just like McGonagall did to Dumbledore, Hermione will become his top tool. people.

The two sat down facing each other. Russell waved his hand and summoned two glasses of Magic Coke as usual. He could see that Hermione was still a little nervous.

"Your last paper was very good. I have submitted it to "Today's Curse" on your behalf. If nothing else happens, it should be published as a cover paper. This will be very beneficial to your future development. Now let's talk about it. We’re talking about your new paper.”

"Professor, my new paper was written based on the "Dictionary of Ancient Charms" and "The Differences between Characteristics of Transfiguration and Other Magics". Based on your suggestions, I gave priority to understanding transfiguration and ordinary magic spells. This gave me a lot of inspiration." Hermione sat up straight and introduced the idea of ​​​​her thesis.

Russell nodded, "Very good. A Chinese educator once said that learning without thinking means nothing, and thinking without learning means peril. Reading a lot of books is the basis for self-thinking, but we must also remember Don’t let your thinking be limited by the knowledge in books.”

Seeing Hermione nod, Russell continued: You can think more about the homework I gave you last time. The flying spell was developed from the floating spell, so do other spells have similar characteristics? What is the context of development? "

"My first homework and my second homework are related, and the flying spell and the floating spell are also related. If you look past any complex spell, there is one or several simple spells hidden inside. "

"In this regard, I suggest you learn more about ancient magic spells. The purpose is not to learn the ancient magic spells themselves, but because ancient magic spells are more primitive and easier to analyze their origin and development."

"In this regard, I suggest you go to the library to borrow some research materials related to Ms. Ravenclaw. She has made great achievements in this regard..."

Russell did not directly teach Hermione knowledge, but more about learning and research methods, which made Hermione extremely fascinated and fascinated.

"Now, I will give you a demonstration based on the floating spell and the flying spell, showing how to analyze a foundation and connect it with other advanced spells."

Russell stood up and motioned for Hermione to follow, and the two of them stood in the open space in front of the principal's desk.

"Come flying Coke!" Russell waved his hand, and the magic Coke on the desk flew into his hand. Then he asked: "Why can Coke fly?"

"The Flying Charm includes the Levitation Charm." Hermione answered without hesitation.

"Very good, then why is Coke flying over?"

"Because you called Coke's name during the casting process and also focused on Coke." Hermione answered while thinking under Russell's guidance.

"Yes, I call this process spiritual positioning." Then Russell drank all the Coke in the glass in one gulp, took out his wand and pointed it at the empty glass, "Clear spring is like water."

Soon the clear water coming out of the tip of the wand filled the empty glass, and Russell stopped and continued to ask: "Why do you summon clear water without thinking about it when you use clear spring water?"

This time Hermione hesitated for a few seconds before answering: "Because the spell itself includes a mental positioning, locking the clear water."

"Good association, let's look at this again." Russell waved the water in the glass and made it disappear, and then said, "The clear spring is like magic cola!"

Suddenly a black liquid came out of the wand and bubbled into the glass, and soon a new cup of Coke appeared.

Russell put his glass full of Coke on the table, then conjured an empty glass and handed it to Hermione, "Try using the magic spell just now to summon some Coke. Imagine taking the Coke on my table." Summoned into your glass of water.”

Hermione took the glass handed over by Russell and stared at the glass of Coke that Russell put on the table. After about a minute, she took out her wand and read: "The clear spring is like magic Coke. "

Soon, a stream of black liquid mixed with bubbles emerged from the tip of Hermione's wand and poured into the empty glass, while the glass of Coke that Russell placed on the table quickly dwindled.

Soon a bottle of Coke was transferred from the glass on the table to the glass in the water by Hermione using this improvised spell.

"Then now think about the essence of the spell 'clear spring is like water', and what basic spells may it be composed of?"

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