HP Shavings Wizard

Chapter 363 Exchange Students

"The portal has additional protections made by the Alchemy Association, as well as a magical barrier that can identify which school you belong to. Students cannot use this method to leave school and skip classes. They can only communicate between schools."

"Because of the time difference, students who have informed their professors that they will be going to other schools please bring the pocket watches issued by the professors to avoid missing the class time."

"The Ministry of Magic and schools of various countries have proposed this, so we have added an additional scholarship incentive. Exchange students will take the final exams of the relevant subjects together with students from other schools. The top three will receive scholarships of varying amounts based on their ranking. You need to ask the teacher for the specific amount."

"Each school will provide exchange students with urgently translated textbooks for free. However, in order to facilitate communication with other schools, you are also requested to learn the recently created spell 'language commonality' to facilitate communication. This will allow you to avoid most communication barriers. However, the problem of reading and writing still requires you to learn the language by yourself to overcome it."

"There are a lot of things to explain this time, right? But I believe that everyone will have enough fun in this school year and every school year to come. Ladies, gentlemen, ghosts, and distinguished guests, I welcome you to Hogwarts with great joy, and I sincerely hope that you will have a relaxing and enjoyable time here."

"Okay, it's almost time. You still have classes tomorrow morning. Maybe more students will sign up... Now go to bed!"

Dumbledore sat down and went to chat and drink with other professors.

The little animals cast their burning eyes towards their respective deans.

The deans said nothing and just kept drinking.

These little guys did reap great benefits, but they were the ones who had to do the hard work afterwards.

Although Professor Dumbledore followed the example of the Muggle world and came up with something like "overtime pay" as a subsidy, which professor is really short of money?

The original salary at Hogwarts was already very high, and most people didn’t need to support a family. What they lacked was rest time and time to spend money!

Professor Pavlovich raised his brown eyes, which seemed to be blurred by alcohol, and tentatively inquired about the integration of the British government and the British wizarding world.

Well, in addition to being a professor at Kodosdoriz, he was also a member of the "Super Perception" foreign intelligence reconnaissance department of the First Main Directorate of the USSR State Security Committee.

Legilimency and other related spells are used very well.

Of course, he also knows who can be used and who cannot be used.

A top wizard like Dumbledore certainly cannot be used, but it is okay to obtain some basic information normally. After all, the British wizarding community is focusing on the overall situation and hopes that the wizarding communities of various countries can smoothly integrate into the Muggle world and the entire world.

Sure enough, although the old principal's clear eyes seemed to see through his meaning, he still answered.

"The Muggle government also needs to learn, and it may not be able to quickly integrate in a short period of time. The various resources in the wizarding world cannot support an impact of tens of thousands of times the volume. Now only Muggles led by wizard relatives are allowed to awaken, so that there are people to teach the newly awakened wizards some basic knowledge to avoid major problems. In the future, the number of wizards will gradually increase, and the Muggle government will know more about magic, and then it will continue to openly integrate."

Professor Pavlovich nodded in understanding, which was not surprising.

This is also a relatively conservative or steady attitude.

After all, magic is no different from other things. In terms of offensiveness, it can be compared to the popularization of guns. It is still the state that no matter men, women, old or young, can hold a shotgun. If the government does not have a regulation in the early stage, it will cost human lives to pay the price of reform.

He continued to ask two more questions: "As for the curriculum, the popular magic schools in the future will not retain all of them, right?"

This question hits the nail on the head.

Like the current potion classes, herb classes, divination classes, alchemy classes in major magic schools...

Many of them can be cut down.

At least it is not necessary for the growth of a wizard.

If the wizarding world is large enough, some courses will offer professional subjects, and additional intensive study will be sufficient. There is no need for everyone to know them.

Just like in the Muggle world, if you can buy cold medicine and understand the instructions on it, there is no need to learn from scratch how to grow herbs yourself, right?

Dumbledore pondered for a moment and said, "For now, some courses will indeed be eliminated. Perhaps the only compulsory course will be Charms, which teaches people how to use magic and how to use basic spells to make life easier... The rest, including Transfiguration, Potions, Herbalism, Divination, and Alchemy, will be elective courses. Students can freely choose to refine their professional skills based on their talents and personal wishes."

Professor Pavlovich understood.

It is roughly the same as in the Muggle world. Basic education will teach some simple common sense, but deeper research requires additional learning on your own.

In this way, the normal seven-year magic school education can be shortened to a maximum of one year, or a minimum of half a year, thus maximizing the use of resources.

According to the current model of Hogwarts, many graduates have a good foundation in potions, herbs, etc. However, if they do not work in related fields after graduation, it would be a complete waste given the tight teaching and material resources.

From an individual perspective, there is definitely no harm in learning more, as you never know when it might come in handy, but time and resources are costs that must be considered.

Professor Pavlovich is a typical Soviet person with pragmatic ideas - many parts of the Soviet education system follow this model.

He asked, and after Dumbledore answered, he also asked him about the Russian wizarding world.

In the eyes of wizards, the Russian wizarding world is the most closed and mysterious among the current countries - after World War II, apart from participating in some international competitions, there has been no news about them in the international wizarding world.

I heard that they have had a lot of ties with the Muggle community in their own country for a long time, and even their systems and institutions are modeled after those of the Soviet Union, and are completely manipulated by the Muggle government. The International Confederation of Wizards even sent a special warning for this purpose, trying to prevent this violation of the International Law of Secrecy.

Of course, the International Confederation of Wizards is a big name, but its control over various countries has always been limited. At that time, the public response of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union's Wizarding Union was: This was a spontaneous act of the Soviet wizarding community and had nothing to do with the International Confederation of Wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards had no right to interfere with the will of the people in the Soviet Union.

Of course, the International Confederation of Wizards was helpless and could only issue warnings from time to time and make gestures.

It's impossible for them to fight over something like this, right? They didn't specifically publicize the existence of wizards, and it didn't affect the wizarding world around the world.

It was just that it was not hidden within the Soviet Union, and Kodosdoriz stood in Moscow like a normal school...that's all.

It is now 95, and the Soviet Union has collapsed for almost 4 years, but thinking of the ideals he fought for in the past, Professor Pavlovich took another sip of wine, his eyes a little intoxicated, and his face flushed.

"Soviet wizards could have lived in the sun long ago! The country advocates materialism and agnosticism, and has long opened a magic department, studying these as science, and popularizing their essence to the entire people - even though magic power cannot be popularized, the results of magic can be. For example, divination and prediction for the choice of scientific and technological development path, and magic spells for the transformation of industrial machinery..."

Dumbledore listened very carefully, nodded from time to time, and acted like a good listener.

The wizarding world in Russia is indeed worth learning from.

Except that they didn't cheat like Allison and directly come up with a method to transform ordinary people into wizards, the Soviet Union did everything else.

People have been trying to integrate magic and technology for a long time.

You still have to be humble about some things. Who are the really stupid people on the world stage? The advantages that you can see have already been seen by others.

When the Russian professor spoke of this, there seemed to be flames in his eyes, as if he was really drunk from the icy vodka he had drunk before and the flaming whiskey now, or as if he was recalling the dreamlike past.

"We are at the forefront of all mankind and have ushered in a new era in human history..."

As he spoke, he finally half-leaned on the edge of the table and hummed the Soviet national anthem "Indissoluble Union".

But the humming became quieter and quieter, and the professor was lying on the table, quite drunk.

It was a little late, and several professors had already left, but a few stayed behind to get together for a drink.

Grindelwald raised his eyelids, glanced over here, said nothing, and continued drinking his dark beer.

But judging by the look on the old devil's face, he wasn't untouched by the description of this wizard having long walked in the sun.

Alison looked at the strange drunkard cautiously, then emerged from Dumbledore's hand, eager to taste the glass of mead in her father's hand.

Dumbledore can drink quite well, and although he has obviously drunk quite a bit, he is still sober. When he saw Alison, he smiled again: "You can't drink, you are not old enough, little Alison."

Grindelwald raised his eyebrows lazily, then picked up Alison, who had just reached for the mead.

Alison kicked her calves to no avail, feeling frustrated. "I've been busy all summer, and I didn't even get the position of prefect, and now I'm not even allowed to drink a sip of wine."

Dumbledore smiled, showing that he knew everything, and ignored Grindelwald pulling at Alison's collar.

Grindelwald took Alison aside, not letting her get close to the wine glass, and took the pumpkin juice that Dumbledore had poured but didn't drink much of to get rid of the kid: "Prefect? ​​Are you still thinking about this? I see you have thought of some kind of prank to use your status as a prefect to manipulate your classmates, right?"

Alison was not convinced: "What qualifications do you have to criticize me like this? Haven't you achieved enough in Durmstrang? You should support me, so that the Grindelwald family can have a prefect! This is the honor of Grindelwald!"

Grindelwald raised an eyebrow, thinking it was a bit outrageous.

Alison's words were so exaggerated, as if she had become a "prefect" representing the good students, and with this little bit of power in her hands, she could suppress her own father and bring honor to the family.

Dumbledore, who was standing next to him, was almost laughing to death. He sat at the table and watched the fun going on between Grindelwald and his daughter.

Grindelwald pretended to be thoughtful, then glanced at Dumbledore and gave a smug smile.

"If you're talking about proof of being a good student at school, then the honor of the Grindelwald family probably won't be yours. Although I haven't won it, Al was the head of the male student union and the prefect... He's your father, and he married me, so in a sense, it can be considered my honor."

The old principal was caught off guard and blushed a little at his lover's words of sharing the glory, and coughed.

Alison looked at the two of them reluctantly and said something else: "Well, I want to follow my father's path and become the head girl and prefect. Is that not okay?"

Dumbledore coughed even more violently. "No, this is not for you to play with. Let the classmates at Hogwarts go, Ellie. They are not toys for you to relax with. Besides, even if you are not a prefect, I don't think many people in the school dare to disobey you, right? You are always so good at... um, 'persuading' others?"

He actually wanted to say coercion, inducement, or bewitching...

Parents know very well what kind of character their own children have.