Chapter 28 Boring Study Life
He introduced many friends to her, most of whom were seniors, and there were also quite a few third and fourth year students. Only three were first year students, who were from Gryffindor like him.
Many senior students also came forward to apologize, fearing that Aaron Nama, who had not participated in the activities for two days, was really angry with them.
Seeing their hands trembling, Katerina really didn't understand whether it was a joke or they were really afraid of him.
The Chinese student Qiu Zhang also apologized to Katerina. She sincerely repented of her behavior and said that as long as she was forgiven, everything would be fine.
Katerina knew that Aaron Nama didn't mind the joke, and she didn't worry about being sent back to Ukraine, so she naturally forgave her.
Soon, everyone became familiar with each other, reviewing, training, writing papers, and playing some social games together. Katerina integrated into this big group in less than a week.
However, Katerina gradually found that her classmates also tried to please her intentionally or unintentionally, sending her some snacks, actively teaching her homework, letting her go during training, and even if she accidentally said something wrong, everyone would insist that it was right.
"Are the British really so hospitable? Are the previous textbooks full of prejudice?" Katerina didn't think much about it. Maybe after being together for a long time, this special consideration will disappear.
Aaron Nama is really knowledgeable, gentle and kind. This is the result of Katerina's observation in the past two months. He is very kind to his friends. Many seniors will also discuss homework and papers with him. He is also very humble and polite to everyone.
Even if some students make mistakes in practical training, he will smile amiably and guide them step by step to meet the test standards.
But why do they seem to be afraid of him? What does the smile on their faces that looks like crying mean? Why do they get their hair standing on end when they see Aaron Nama's gentle smile?
Katerina was embarrassed to ask, fearing that making a joke would lose Aaron Nama's face. Now the whole school knows that she is his fiancée.
In the "Transfiguration" class, Chen Bin yawned and turned the match into a needle, then back to a tattoo needle, a brooch, a knitting needle... and then a lightning rod!
Professor McGonagall's eyes twitched, but she didn't get angry.
As the final exams approached, many teachers with faster teaching progress also began to review the knowledge points taught this year in class.
Because Chen Bin had excellent grades, basically most professors no longer gave him extra review homework, so he became idle in class. That's right, in his eyes, class is used to write homework assigned in the previous class, and there is nothing else to do.
Because after returning from Christmas, the maximum tolerance of the professors for him was to do homework. If he dared to sleep in class or deal with documents from Muggle companies, he would be punished with confinement.
Movies and novels also skipped the content of the text, as if students listened to the class, practiced, and still couldn't learn it, they were either stupid or emotionally inadequate.
Chen Bin can tell you responsibly that you think too much! This is just like in the movie, Spider-Man can graduate smoothly by saving a few people, and Iron Man can continuously develop new mechas by pressing a few buttons. There is even no connection between these behaviors and results.
[Note: The following explanations are all personal creations, without any factual support. The writer just thinks that the subjects in the magic world should not be as trivial as in the original book. ]
Modern magic is constantly improving, but the funding from the Ministry of Magic and the Board of Directors is limited. Many more advanced contents are constantly stuffed into the courses of senior grades, and the original knowledge of senior grades is naturally compressed layer by layer into the lower grades.
When Isabel entered school, the difficulty of the real magic courses for grades 1-7 was definitely not weaker than the complete system of undergraduates in the modern world, and they were often cross-disciplinary double or triple degrees! Each subject of N.E.W.T.s (Final Wizarding Test) is also equivalent to a Muggle undergraduate degree!
In addition to the profound and compact knowledge, this institution also assesses practical operations, which is hell for students aged 11 or 12. Those who can catch up will enter a virtuous circle and gradually become academic masters, that is, Miss Granger who sits in the front row of Chen Bin; those who can't catch up will soon be left behind and become academic losers, such as Seamus who sits next to him, who has fallen to this level after half a semester; Ron and Harry who sit on both sides of Hermione are hovering between catching up and falling behind.
To put it simply, the magic world has its own civilization system that is no worse than modern technology. Graduating from Hogwarts is just graduating from high school for scholars. If you want to squeeze into the forefront of the academic world, you have to communicate with scholars from all over the world in magic journals.
For example, Professor McGonagall, who stands on the stage and explains the key points of transfiguration, has at least the level of knowledge of a postdoctoral supervisor. The reason why Dumbledore is so awesome is that in addition to his first practical ability in Europe, his knowledge reserve is probably better than that of a scientific scholar.
If you can pass any subject in N.E.W.T.s, your level of hard work is equivalent to completing a bachelor's degree in two years without failing any subject. Therefore, many positions in the Ministry of Magic only look at O.W.L.s results, because most job seekers also failed the N.E.W.T.s exams, and it is impossible to see the overall ability of job seekers from the N.E.W.T.s results.
Chen Bin directed the two white mice to dance the waltz on the table while scanning the students in the class.
Except for Hermione and the two students who listened with relish, most of the students frowned and took notes while trying to review the skills they just heard with their wands. The remaining poor students could not keep up with the progress no matter how hard they listened.
"Seamus, stop staring at the mouse." Chen Bin wrote this line on the textbook and handed it to the desk of the classmate next to him.
Seamus came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly, moved his eyes to Professor McGonagall's face, and then continued to be in a daze.
"This kid is hopeless." Chen Bin thought to himself, but did not discourage the students who could not keep up with the progress.
Even the first-year "Transfiguration" is a very large subject, which contains many profound magic theories and practical requirements, as well as many damn formulas, physics, chemistry and introductory knowledge of biology. For example, the quadratic equation of the third grade of junior high school has been applied to the first-year "Transfiguration".
Therefore, first-year students seem to only know a few small magics, and they are not very powerful. In addition to the weak magic power, the biggest reason is that the first and second grades are mainly laying the academic foundation, and 90% of the texts are also mathematics, physics, chemistry and magic theory, and only two or three simplest transformation techniques need to be practiced.
So, what should Seamus do if he can't keep up with the progress?
Hogwarts, with a thousand-year history of teaching, naturally knows that not all graduates will enter the academic world. Therefore, in the thin test questions in the O.W.L.s exam, there is always 40% of the content that is 10% of the knowledge points that cannot be changed.
Relying on the wizard's instinct for magic, almost all the deep knowledge behind it is cut off, just practice the 10% of knowledge points desperately, plus practical tests, anyone can become a qualified wizard.
To be honest, this is like taking a driver's license test. You don't need to know how to produce cars. You can pass the question bank and road test.
As for getting a "good" rating, at least 50% of the content must be understood. The "excellent" rating requires 85% of the knowledge. This is no longer a driver's license test, but an assessment of civil aircraft maintenance engineers.
"Miss Granger did a good job, Gryffindor plus five points." Professor McGonagall smiled at Hermione with satisfaction. She took the embroidery needle from Hermione's hand and gently poked it into a piece of wood. "Everyone, this is the Transfiguration I need. It must be able to stand upright in a wooden structure and still maintain its sharpness and straightness. Now, everyone has ten minutes of practice time."