Hogwarts: The Witch Education Handbook

Chapter 66 Wisdom of Life

Accompanied by a downpour of rain the size of bullets.

The students of Hogwarts finally faced their long-awaited final exams.

The exams for regular students will be scheduled first, and O.WL. and NEWT students will take their exams after they have finished.

The reason I say it's out of anticipation is...

It's because after the exams, the school year is officially coming to an end, and they will soon be welcoming summer vacation.

Another reason is the wizard killing.

Many self-proclaimed exceptional young wizards are eagerly anticipating showcasing their skills in the final Defense Against the Dark Arts class and successfully imprinting their image on that glittering Wizard Killer card.

As a result, some of them almost gave up half a year's rest time to cram for knowledge about Defense Against Magic.

Today is a momentous day to test the results of their hard work over this period.

...

"Put away your textbooks, put away your wands, stop whispering, and don't try to cheat in any way."

"I'm talking about you two, Mr. Weasleys."

"As you can see, I didn't do any extra checks when you came in, but—" Sean drawled, his sharp gaze sweeping over the professor before continuing, "If you're caught cheating, not only will you lose your grade for this course, but I'll also permanently ban you from my dueling club."

Even if you really enjoy dueling and have some talent for it.

"So now I'll give you one minute to hand over the tools you've prepared, and I'll let bygones be bygones."

Sean stared in disbelief at the small mountain that was gradually piling up on his long lectern table:

A large bundle of cheating quill pens.

The stir-fry was written with invisible ink.

Parchment that can display the correct answer.

...

He even saw several girls lift their skirts and wipe the writing off their thighs with their saliva.

Although he knew his end-of-term reward was very attractive to young wizards, he didn't expect so many people to be willing to take the risk—which was of course also related to the fact that the punishments for cheating on exams in Hogwarts' school rules were too lenient.

Thinking of this, Sean pulled out his notebook from his jacket pocket and quickly jotted it down:

Penalties for cheating.

Once he becomes the principal, he will personally punish the witches who cheated on the exams. As for the wizards... Sean thought for a moment and then added a parenthesis after the four words he had just written.

Penalties for cheating. (I'm in charge of the witches, Snape is in charge of the wizards.)

Looking at his newly come-up proposal, Sean nodded in satisfaction.

Normally, given his memory, there would be no need to write such trivial matters down in a notebook.

But since he's been tutoring Tonks more often these past few days, he's also been spending more time on Bella.

The consequence of this behavior was that he clearly felt his memory was declining.

"Let me give you a few final words of advice."

"If you encounter a question you don't know the answer to, you can leave it blank. Don't fill in anything randomly. I want to see your most authentic level."

"Treat it like a real OWLS exam and take it seriously."

"Let's begin answering the questions."

"..."

"There are only fifteen minutes left until the end of the exam. Please make the most of your time to finish the exam and carefully check your work to see if you have missed any questions or made any mistakes. Correct them carefully." Sean glanced at the clock on the wall, then suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke in the voice of a loudspeaker from his previous life.

Lu Xun once said that even if he got caught in the rain, he would tear off someone else's umbrella.

His extremely strange tone startled many of the young wizards, who were already nervously unable to answer some of the questions, and became even more anxious after Professor Sean's prompting.

When the time came, Sean didn't waste a second and stood up: "Exam time is over, stop answering."

Then he waved his wand.

Amidst the students' groans, all the exam papers were neatly arranged on his desk.

"I only filled in three places as the original habitat of vampires; there are two more that I just can't seem to fill in."

"Your situation is somewhat understandable, unlike me. I couldn't even answer the question about Grindylow's characteristics, even though I encountered this card yesterday when I was playing Wizard Kill."

"I regret it so much now!"

"It seems like I've been cursed with a forgetting spell; I didn't even write down the aftereffects of this spell."

"Do you think you'll get an O this time?"

"I don't think I even qualify for an A."

Such dialogue, like the last two sentences, usually only appears in conversations between top students.

They were always overly modest before the results came out, as if revealing their true scores would lead to a thief stealing their papers from the administration office that very night.

The real underachievers would just sit by the window, watching them nonchalantly as they flattered each other and fantasized about what they would have for dinner that night.

Sean spent almost the entire day accompanied by these sounds.

Of course, these exams also inevitably led him to engage in some perverse activities—he would stand behind some classmates and sigh deeply.

This led to many young wizards complaining after the exam: "Professor Sean was standing right behind me. I heard him sigh. I looked at that question over and over again, but I still couldn't find the problem."

"..."

After dinner, Sean called over all of his class representatives.

Twelve people crowded into his already small office.

They were called in by Sean to grade the exam papers.

Sean wasn't worried at all that they would reveal the contents of the exam to students in other colleges who hadn't taken the exam yet.

After all, most of the content is from textbooks, so even if you prepare the answers in advance, it's still a way of learning.

The most important measure was that Sean prepared four types of exam papers (A, B, C, and D) from the very beginning.

The variations in multiple-choice questions are simple: just create different answers or change the order.

As for the short answer questions, some of them looked the same, but Sean subtly hid the differences.

He can tell at a glance which students have carefully read and thought about the questions before answering, and which students have simply copied the answers from other classes' test papers.

These measures were, of course, aimed at his beloved third-grade class representative, George Weasley, who had a history of reselling exam papers.

While the class representatives were busy grading papers, Sean leisurely made himself a cup of honey lemon black tea, then leaned back in his chair and read today's edition of the Daily Prophet.

After flipping through a few pages and finding nothing interesting, Sean put the newspaper back where it was.

The lack of news about him has led to a significant drop in sales for The Daily Prophet over the past six months.

Taking a gentle sip, the aroma of the tea filled his mouth, and Sean felt exceptionally relaxed.

He understood that the class representatives were still busy grading papers, and that he was able to have this leisure time entirely because of his usual diligence and hard work. He had already done his work in an orderly manner, which allowed him to enjoy this rare moment of peace during this busy time.

At that moment, Sean deeply appreciated the beauty of balancing work and leisure.

He knew that only by managing his time properly and working hard could he enjoy the tranquility and peace of the evening.

And this is the life wisdom he wants to impart to his students.