Chapter 286 The New Fifth Grade

"Good morning, Percy."

On Friday morning, Percy knocked on William's office door, following the note he had received the night before.

When he entered the office, he realized that he was not the only one who had been summoned. There were already four students sitting on the chairs in front of the desk.

'Slytherin's, Hufflepuff's, Hufflepuff's, Ravenclaw's. ’

Percy easily recognized the other four students - they had known each other for more than six years, and they would be remembered if they behaved a little better.

"Let's have something to eat." William handed them the small basket with snacks. "It's nothing important to call everyone here this time. It's just to help me teach a lesson, and by the way, I'll give you a little extra-curricular practice."

"Of course, no problem, Professor."

Several students happily agreed - the note William asked the lower class students to take last night originally stated that it was not a mandatory requirement. Students who had time only needed to reply to the letter by owl and arrive in his office before 7:30 in the morning. Enough.

"That's great. I believe the fifth-grade children will remember this lesson." William nodded to them. "Just have dinner in my office. We still have some things to pay attention to."

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"There's still time!"

"Don't worry! There's still a while!"

In the self-defense classroom, the students stared nervously at the wall clock and copied things quickly with shorthand quills on their desks.

"Idiot, the ink color you used is too heavy! The professor will find out!"

"And you, how many times have I told you, don't even think about casting a spell on the copied content! Even a blind person can tell the difference after casting the spell!"

The slightly irritable voices of the twins resounded in the classroom, but no one stood up to accuse them. Even the Slytherin students who had never dealt with Gryffindor in the past had no desire to cause trouble at the moment.

"Let's say it again!"

Fred raised his voice slightly, "Don't think about using shorthand quills, automatic error correction quills, telescope crystal balls and other clumsy props to cheat. We must get rid of all magic props. We must not lose the big for the small. Expose the cheat sheet you wrote like that!"

"We specially sent people to the dining table to investigate this morning. Professor William did not show up today. Do you think he didn't want to have breakfast or was preparing for the morning exam papers?"

George stood beside her, changing his usual attitude, "The first exam, the first exam at the beginning of school! Those sixth-grade students may have forgotten it, but we must remember that if all of us still fail, then I have to repeat the same mistakes and become Professor William’s toy for the next whole year!”

Almost everyone shuddered and had no objections to this.

Everyone knows the students who took the exam last year, and everyone has forgotten that the first grader failed the exam - even the best children in the fifth grade have no objections at this moment.

Is it possible that he is going to be like Nancy last year, who was clearly ranked first but failed for most of the year?

Those low-grade brats don’t need to take exams, so they don’t understand the pain of facing Professor William?

Although he, like a few classmates, had no intention of cheating, he had no intention of revealing that someone was cheating - maybe he really couldn't solve the devil's paper, but as long as someone passed, it would be considered a success!

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"Are we going to make it, Lee?"

As the class time got closer, Fred couldn't help but ask his friend Lee Jordan, who planned the event with them.

"I don't know, but we tried our best."

Li Qiaodan looked at the busy students and said something discouraging.

"Yeah, even open book exams can make people fail, just a little cheat sheet..."

Fred shook his head, "We have been planning this cheating since the beginning of school. We got sample papers from last year's students, found people to answer them, and asked Muggle-born classmates about cheating methods..."

"Did you use that one last year?"

"That's not important. What's important is that we are already fully committed to this exam. As far as I know, professors generally like to use last year's stuff today."

"Um?"

"Of course, I asked about Professor McGonagall's teaching rules and homework assignments. Otherwise, how do you think I have escaped those papers all these years?"

George said to his friend with a proud look on his face.

"But..." Li Jordan looked at him worriedly, "You have already said this..."

"I already said that?"

"Yes, you told this secret when you had elective courses in the third grade..."

“…”

The three of them looked at each other and then fell into endless sorrow.

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"Good morning, everyone."

William walked into the classroom with a relaxed expression and looked at the group of fifth grade students with a kind smile.

"Although due to various reasons, most of you have been in contact with me for a period of time last year," he looked at the familiar faces below and silently marked this class as the most difficult to manage, "but until We can only start formal classes today.”

There was sparse applause from below, but as William smiled and greeted, the applause suddenly increased, and everyone clapped like crazy.

‘It’s not that they’re not welcome...it feels like they have their minds on something else. ’

‘But it’s strange. My class is the first period today. Did something unexpected happen in the morning? ’

‘It’s impossible. If something really happens, I will definitely be notified. ’

This thought flashed past, and William continued his speech.

"It is precisely because of the above reasons that I don't know you deeply. I can't tell how much knowledge you have or what you have learned."

"This is not good."

William shook his head, "So, it is necessary for us to take a thorough examination."

"finally come!"

This thought came to everyone's mind, like the second boot finally landing.

"But," William said to himself, "there are always some children who think that there is no way to judge their strength clearly in exams. In the past year, I heard a lot of complaints."

? ? ?

In the surprised eyes of all the students, William called the students at the door in, "So I called them over, some outstanding students in the seventh grade."

"Children who don't want to take the written assessment can sign up for the magic assessment," William said with a smile, "Or, we take the magic assessment first and then the exam?"

But to William's expectation, the new examination method did not seem to be very popular. Students, you look at me and I look at you, and you will not be able to make a choice for a while.

‘As for that? ’

His curiosity suddenly aroused - last year's exam was so difficult, should everyone choose to practice this year?

The seventh-grade students happened to be tested for their strength, and they were warned to go all out. Even a one-on-two test against fifth-grade students would be no problem. After defeating all fifth-grade students, the impact on the students should be no less than last year.

But what is happening now?

Still a little stuck...that's it for today...