Chapter 457 It’s Time to Beat the Fifth Graders

"It's very bad, very bad - this time's results are the worst since you entered fifth grade."

Only William's voice echoed in the classroom, and the students below didn't even dare to speak out.

"I know that you had a very happy Christmas holiday, with lively dances, beautiful or handsome dance partners, friends from foreign countries, and a long vacation that just ended."

"What a wonderful time! You don't even have to worry about your grades or the exams that take less than half a year!"

"I don't know what happened to make you disrespect the OWLs exam and disrespect the OWLs year so much!"

"Do you think I have this or that magic and can make you collectively pass the rigorous exam with just a wave of my magic wand?"

"Never! Every student who has passed the exam before has used countless efforts and sweat to obtain good grades, not relying on some mysterious magic spell that you guessed the professor has!"

"Every one of them is great! They deserve the results!"

"Yes, you will think that your foundation is poor, so it is natural that your grades cannot be improved for the time being-"

"Then let me tell you, among the students I took over, the children with the worst foundation are none other than the Weasley brothers in the sixth grade. Their grades are the lowest in the grade - not in any subject, but in every subject. !”

“If they didn’t work hard, given their level of knowledge at the time, neither of them would be able to get enough of the certificate on one hand!”

"When it comes to playing and pranks, it's not that I don't look down on you. Even if you put all the kids in the school together, you won't be able to find anyone who is better at pranks than them!"

"But what are their OWLs results, I don't need to say more, right?"

William looked around at the fifth grade students below - when he glanced across, the students in the corresponding area lowered their heads involuntarily.

"Work hard, you can't compare to others in your efforts, and you can't compare to others in playing..."

He sighed and said, "They are all forced to copy, and the paper will be transcribed for me. Next week's exam will have the same difficulty test questions. Children whose grades have not improved significantly will be given three extra papers for their pre-Easter homework."

"get out of class is over!"

He knocked hard on the test paper on the podium, and then strode out.

After he left, there was a rare silence in the classroom for a long time, and then some students silently walked up to the podium to get their papers back.

Since the beginning of school, no one has seen the professor so angry. Everyone is frightened.

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"Why are you so angry, William?"

In the staff lounge, Adams picked up a small basket of strawberries and placed them next to William, "I just picked them today, want to try them?"

"The students are angry."

William picked one up angrily and stuffed it into his mouth, without even pulling out the stem at the back - he wasn't lying, he was really pissed off by the fifth grader.

I don’t know whether it was because of the excitement of this year’s Triwizard Tournament or because the foreign wizards were too attractive, but the preliminary examination at the beginning of the school year was completely messed up by those children.

Except for a few children who performed well in the past, the performance of the rest of the students has declined significantly.

There was only half a year left for the OWLs exam, and he was troubled enough that he hadn't even found out the dark lord's resurrection, yet these fifth-year students were still making such a fool of themselves.

"Then respect the food," Adams shook his head, "How can you eat strawberries like this?"

"The decline in your grades is not limited to your subject, but you are the only one who took the final exam at the beginning of the semester - I heard that Professor McGonagall was blue in the face today, and the transfiguration skills of many students have dropped a lot. If there weren't any points to deduct from each college, she might not know how many points she would have to deduct today!"

"It seems that I don't have to look forward to the results of the next class."

William ate four or five strawberries in a row, and this time he felt that his anger was a little weaker. "I regret accepting that medal now. I always feel that that medal gave the current fifth grade students inexplicable confidence."

"Don't do that - the Order of Merlin is the highest honor for a wizard."

Adams shook his head, "But it's also time to let them know the difference between themselves and their previous students, otherwise they will be too impetuous."

"That's a good idea. I'll think of a way -"

William stuffed another strawberry for himself, "But now I have to go to class - I bet you that the grades in the next class will definitely not be a happy thing."

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Facts have proved that the average difference between the students in the four colleges is not that big, and the situation in the previous class has almost been replicated.

Except for those who usually have top grades and those who worked harder this year, the results of the rest were much lower than expected. Fortunately, William was mentally prepared this time and would not be hit again.

"Go back and take out the previous textbooks - I asked you to prepare them before. I hope you won't be stupid enough to lose them during the vacation."

"Any magic spells and knowledge points involved in wrong questions should be copied from beginning to end and handed in before the next class. Students who fail to hand in the questions will go to my place the next night to copy all the textbooks from grades one to five. , until the copy is finished.”

Probably the reason why he didn't express his criticism here was because the students were a little dissatisfied with the strict punishment.

"No fair, Professor!"

"That's why other colleges only copied one paper!"

"It seems that some of you have asked people from other colleges." William raised his head and took a look at the students. "You have all asked about it, but you still don't ask questions casually. This is stupid."

"It's also stupid to fail the test even after asking."

“What’s wrong with paying for stupidity?”

He glanced at the students and said, "You guys copied double copies - you didn't complain when others asked, but you took the initiative to expose it. You also need to pay for this stupidity."

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By lunch time, the news had spread throughout the school, and all the professors were going crazy for the start of school after the Christmas break, especially Professor William, who for the first time left different assignments for the four colleges.

"This year's fifth graders are really..."

At the Gryffindor table, the twin brothers who had already survived could now point their fingers at the other fifth-grade children openly.

Thanks to the incident involving the manifesting potion, they were finally able to stand upright in school - because they discovered the reason for wrongly accusing the wrong person, the impact of the previous incident of stuffing dung eggs into the course had been revealed.

"But then again, it was a really devilish year."

"It's all about our help," George nodded in agreement with Fred. "Quick-acting sugar candies are a great invention."

"I wouldn't do it if I were you."

Lee Jordan poked his head out from the side, "It is said that the professor is extremely angry today——"

He imitated William in a low voice, "I don't know what happened to make you disrespect the OLS exam so much!"

Because of his vivid imitation, many sixth-grade students who were originally watching the lively fifth-grade students suddenly stopped smiling on their faces and just sat down properly.

"Look, the professor is so obsessed with the OWLs exam, and you even sell skipping candy to fifth graders. How long do you think it will take for the professor to find out who did this?"

Lee Jordan made a gesture, causing the twins to take a breath of air-conditioning as they began to imagine the popularity of the new product.

That's right - if this kind of thing is discovered by Professor William...

The twins didn't have any doubts about whether Professor William could discover that this thing was used to skip class and whether he could catch them - they believed that if the professor was willing, it would probably take less than a day for the two of them to go to the professor again. office…

"How about stopping first?"

"Okay, just wait until we graduate - after graduation the professor will..."

The two looked at each other and quickly strengthened from their depression, determined to invent the next epoch-making product.

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"Comparing sixth graders with fifth graders? Is this feasible?"

In the big office, Moody, William, and Lupine, who was finally willing to speak normally, gathered together to discuss the upcoming competition.

"It's not a big problem. Although half a year has passed, the sixth grade level is still feasible."

William still has a certain degree of confidence in the sixth-grade students, and they have learned well under Moody's hands, so there is no chance that they will be beaten by the fifth-grade students.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you did poorly on the exam. During the sixth grade, your mind was also on the Triwizard Tournament. If you did too poorly on the exam, it's reasonable to ask some questions as punishment."

Moody said it very casually, as if a child who failed in the exam was not given extra homework but extra meals.

"The fourth grade students will not participate. None of them can pass the exam, so they can only give the senior students confidence."

"That's not the case - at least they can be the audience. Being embarrassed by being heard is not the same thing as being embarrassed on the spot."

William snorted, "Then it's settled. We will adjust the class schedule next week, put our courses together, and then the fifth and sixth graders will compete to solve problems, and those who fail will be given exercises."

"The punishment is too light," Lupine shook his head, "plus washing socks for a week is enough."

‘You are from Azkaban, right? You are so good at treating people? ’

William glanced at Lupine and sighed - but it's not a big problem and the students can accept it.

"It's feasible, but then how do you choose the target of punishment?"

"Each college will produce the five best students, twenty from the fifth grade, and twenty from the sixth grade. Their scores will be calculated once, and the total score will be calculated again."

"Well, then the students whose grades were suppressed will be exempted from punishment. In addition, the two of us will give some private rewards, and the one who loses the overall grade will be punished except for the opponent who suppressed their grades."

Thanks to their experience in designing the Triwizard Tournament, the three of them quickly figured out this unexpected test score competition.

"The questions are all OWLs exam simulation questions, which saves them from complaining that this or that is unfair."

"That's it. I'm going to go to Professor McGonagall to apply for adjusting the class schedule - it's not easy to temporarily adjust a student's classes to one day."

William picked up the messy plan and quickly made a copy with his shorthand quill, then took it to Professor McGonagall's office.

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"Examination competition?"

"Comparing scores?"

Professor McGonagall looked at the parchment handed over by William and quickly understood what this so-called examination competition was about.

"So in order to have an audience, we need to adjust the class schedule on a large scale, right?"

She thought for a moment at her desk, "It's a great idea. It puts pressure on the sixth grade and motivates the fifth grade - but can the sixth grade really pass the fifth grade?"

"Half a year is not enough time for them to forget so much - not to mention that I plan to give them enough advance notice to give them enough time to review."

The difficulty of mastering a skill that has been practiced is obviously different from that of learning a new skill. The longer the review time, the greater the advantage of sixth graders.

And according to the current situation of the fifth grade, even if they don't quietly lean towards the sixth grade, they will not be able to pass the exam.

"It's great. If it weren't for the lack of review time in the sixth grade, I would have wanted to change this exam to all subjects..."

Professor McGonagall sighed regretfully - those children were falling behind in not just one class, but in all classes.

"That's it, we can arrange the notification."

Professor McGonagall left William's plan behind. "The school will take care of the bonus, venue, and class schedule. The corresponding work can be completed by this Friday."

"Um, okay, Professor."

"The questions are more difficult, Professor William." Professor McGonagall's face remained as calm as ever, "I hope that fifth-grade children will fully realize that they have loopholes in all aspects."

"No problem, Professor McGonagall."

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"Give them some review notes and take time to give them some guidance."

"I hope that in the coming weekends, our senior students who are not going out can stay in the lounge instead of staying in the dormitory, so that the fifth-year students can find someone to consult if they have any questions."

In the Hufflepuff common room, the senior children were discussing with each other - the fact that the fifth-year professor got angry has spread, and everyone is trying to think of ways to help the juniors improve. a little.

After roughly discussing some countermeasures, the seniors naturally turned the topic to the hot topic of the Triwizard Tournament.

"Cedric, how is your research on the golden egg going? You don't need to be specific, just give it a general outline!"

A child asked cheerfully.

"Well, it has something to do with water."

Cedric didn't hide it, and spoke openly - the tactical preparations and the water casting skills that Harry generously told them naturally required a certain degree of confidentiality, but the water was still no problem.

"Water?"

"Is it the Black Lake?"

This is the most famous place in Hogwarts where you can play games that is close to water, so you can definitely guess it.

"Doesn't that mean we have to fight underwater? With a head soaking curse?"

"Speaking of which, how about casting a spell underwater? It seems like we've never done it before!"

While the crowd was talking about it, a voice suddenly intervened.

"It will shoot out a stream of warm water."

It was said as if it had been used before - everyone looked at the person who answered, it was Thelma.

"forget it…"

Everyone shook their heads in disappointment. When she secretly went fishing in the Black Lake over the years, Thelma always fed the fish generously...

"Seriously, when I went down to catch fish..."

Thelma realized that she had slipped up and quickly shut her mouth.

But everyone understood it all at once - why did this kid go into the water to catch the fish when he couldn't catch it?

"That…"

After all, we were talking about business now, so everyone tacitly agreed not to tease her, "What spell is the most effective?"

"Drunk fish potion! Just a small bottle can stun fish around five to six meters away for three to five minutes!"

Thelma proudly took out a bottle of magic potion.

However, a group of seniors couldn't stand it any longer, and the air in the entire lounge became cheerful.