#22 - Chapter 22 Muggle Studies
Hogwarts had officially started, and the students were immersed in a tense and busy academic life.
To make a name for himself in the first class, Sebastian had made a lot of preparations.
He first looked at the past O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exam papers and found that they were still some old-fashioned question types.
For example, please describe what a flashlight is and how to use it?
For another example, please give examples of Muggle transportation?
What are the steps for Muggles to make tea?
What is all this?!
Sebastian complained incessantly in his heart.
It's completely out of touch with the times!
These wizards are still so old-fashioned.
They are unwilling to go out and see how the Muggle world has developed today.
Indeed!
Due to the existence of the Statute of Secrecy, wizards must protect themselves from being discovered by Muggles in the outside world, and even more so, they cannot reveal the existence of the magical world.
In order to better integrate wizards into the Muggle world, Muggle Studies was created.
Before Sebastian came to Hogwarts, Muggle Studies had been teaching young wizards about the Muggle way of life.
This also led to Muggle Studies always being a well-known easy course at Hogwarts.
The young wizards chose this course simply to easily get credits.
When he got the registration list for this course, Sebastian was quite surprised.
Look!
Students from the third to seventh year, five grades, less than sixty people signed up for Muggle Studies.
And more than two-thirds of them are young wizards of Muggle or mixed-blood descent.
But it's no wonder, apart from those who are just trying to get credits, and the academic geniuses who want to learn everything, who would choose Muggle Studies if they really wanted to learn magic knowledge!
However, after reviewing the previous teaching materials again, Sebastian understood in his heart.
You can't completely blame the students for this.
Look at what this course has become.
It should have been a very interesting course.
Now, let's see what I can do.
Those young wizards who didn't choose this course.
You will regret it!
Sebastian first asked the other professors to reschedule the classes, concentrating all the Muggle Studies classes for the third to seventh years this week on Thursday afternoon.
Then he found Professor McGonagall and asked her to arrange a larger classroom for him to facilitate his teaching.
After lunch on Thursday noon, Sebastian took the test papers he had prepared and walked towards the Muggle Studies classroom.
After arriving at the classroom, standing on the podium and looking down, there was a large crowd of young wizards.
Hmm!
It feels like when I was in school in my previous life.
The number of students in each classroom is about the same.
Sebastian took out the roll book, and a scene that surprised the young wizards sitting in the back appeared before their eyes.
They saw Professor Swann's roll book floating in the air, and the names on it turned into glowing butterflies, flying towards the corresponding young wizards.
They landed on the shoulders of the young wizards, making them shine too.
Percy Weasley, a fourth-year student, was a little surprised. He felt that he had underestimated this Professor Swann.
Beautiful wandless magic!
A spell he had never seen before!
Unlike his brother Charlie Weasley, Percy was not particularly enthusiastic about Quidditch.
Therefore, in his eyes, Professor Swann was just a Quidditch superstar.
He felt that Professor Swann only chose Muggle Studies to come to Hogwarts to gain some prestige.
After all, this course...
Those who know, know!
However, even if this course is easy.
Gathering all the young wizards from all grades together for class right from the start...
It's too irresponsible!
Can the things learned by the third and seventh graders be the same?
As an academic genius who had chosen twelve courses, Percy faintly looked down on Professor Swann's behavior.
He sat in the back as soon as he came, in order to make it easier to do homework for other subjects during class later.
Now seeing Professor Swann show off his skills, he was really surprised, and anticipation rose in his heart!
Hopefully, Professor Swann's lectures will be as beautiful as his wandless magic.
"Wow!"
"Professor, what kind of magic is this?"
"Can you teach us?"
The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became lively, and the young wizards scrambled to express their questions.
Sebastian looked at the lively classroom atmosphere and felt complacent in his heart.
A good start.
It seems that showing off a little is still very necessary!
This has already stunned the young wizards.
He smiled slightly and said, "Very good, no one is absent."
"Although this magic is just a simple counting magic that I invented myself, it is still too early for you."
"Before the formal class begins, we need to conduct a small test."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young wizards wailed.
Why are we doing test papers right from the start!
Professor Swann, this is not interesting.
Sebastian raised his wand and waved it gently at the students below.
The young wizards suddenly found that they could not make a sound, and they looked at Sebastian, each with a look of horror on their faces.
Professor, is it necessary...
We just won't speak.
No need to turn us into mutes!
Sebastian pointed his wand at the test papers again, and the papers flew up one by one, accurately landing in front of each young wizard.
"Don't worry, after you finish the test papers, you will be able to make sounds normally."
"As for the test papers, the third to fifth-year students are doing some O.W.L. exam questions that I copied from five years ago."
"The sixth to seventh-year students are doing the N.E.W.T. past papers, also from five years ago."
"Don't worry, skip the ones you don't know, this test paper is not graded, it's just a professor's assessment of your level."
Sebastian glanced at the students who were still resentful and chuckled:
"Secretly tell you, the examiners of the Examination Authority are very lazy, and many questions are used repeatedly."
Used repeatedly?
Does this mean?
The young wizards immediately became interested, each pricking up their ears, for fear of missing something.
"You are very likely to do real questions."
"So, a time limit of thirty minutes, begin."
Wow!
Professor, you are too kind!
Real questions!
However, you underestimate us too much.
How can these questions be enough?
You should give us all the past papers to do!
Really.
We can handle it!
With excitement, the young wizards opened the test papers one after another and started doing them.
Sebastian stood on the podium and looked down, finding that the Muggle and mixed-blood young wizards mostly looked confident.
And the pure-blood young wizards, except for academic geniuses like Percy Weasley, mostly had their brows furrowed, and some were even gently biting their quills.
Soon, thirty minutes passed in a flash, and the test papers flew up one by one again, neatly falling together, and were collected by Sebastian.
"I think it's very simple! No wonder it's Muggle Studies!"
"What should I do! I left so many blank! Did you all remember the questions?"
"Don't worry! I remembered them all!"
As soon as the test papers were taken away, the young wizards began to talk to each other.
Knocking on the blackboard, Sebastian attracted the attention of the young wizards.
"Very good, everyone received my request in advance, and today they are all wearing Muggle clothes."
"So, please hand in your wands in order!"
"We are going to start today's Muggle Studies class!"
