Chapter 88: Brains Like Trolls
The first Potions class in the third year was about making potions of confusion, and Severus had no idea of changing the order of the lessons.
In fact, some of the Potions class arrangements for each grade level are mutually influential, especially the Potions class in the lower grades.
For example, in the first grade, in addition to formulating some simple. In addition to potions such as potions for scabies, there are often a lot of potion material processing, simple half-finished potions making, etc., such as live hell potions, the complete live hell potions will not be prepared until the sixth grade, but in the first year will be taught how to add daffodil root powder to wormwood infusion.
In addition, some of the potion materials prepared and processed in the lower grades can be used in the Potions classes in the upper grades, which also reduces the workload of some Potions class professors.
Similarly, Hogwarts Potions classes tend to be common and in-demand potions, so that the potions can be used directly to prevent waste.
For example, when the flu comes every year, the Potions class arranges for the preparation of a pick-me-up to be treated by the infirmary.
Therefore, after many years, there is still no big problem in this aspect of curriculum arrangement.
Of course, there is no problem with the course arrangement, but the utilization rate of potions made by students each year is really low.
As Severus once said, since there is no stupid waving of a wand here, many of you will not believe that it is magic. I don't expect you to really grasp the beauty of the smoky cauldron that simmers slowly and wafts out of the white smoke and the fragrance that wafts out, and you don't really understand the magic of the liquid that flows into people's veins, and makes people's hearts flutter and their minds blurred......
Severus didn't say this to pretend, it's true, there are really a lot of students who don't like potions.
It's too hard for an active teenager to stand on a lab bench and focus on one thing, not to mention the fact that potions are exposed to a lot of disgusting materials.
And because potions are more of a synthesis of experience, the development is relatively late, the current system is not rigorous enough, and it also involves a lot of hands-on ability, so it is really difficult to learn.
Because of this, in Hogwarts' potions class, only the junior students can prepare about half of the potion power, the middle grades will have less, and in the sixth or seventh grade, it is possible that only one or two students can succeed in a class, or even no one succeeds.
Like Hermione in the books. Like Granger, as a famous student, she is a potions genius who can make polyjuice potions in her second year, and a potions honor student who is highly praised by Professor Slughorn, but even she can't make birth stagnant water within the allotted time.
This shows how difficult potions can be!
And now the operation of these students has once again refreshed Severus's three views!
"Mr. Garner, I remember that I said that I was going to cut the living grass into three pieces, why did you cut it into thin strips? Can't you even tell the difference between a living grass and a sneezing grass? Hufflepuff deducts two points! ”
"Miss Love, why didn't you wait until the solution turned blue before adding the scorchandrosis? Or do you need a bottle of bright potion to treat your eyes! Ravenclaw deducts two points! ”
"Are your brains full of sagebrush? Or is your brain as small as a troll, I've explained the production process and precautions, please remember it in your poor brain before you make it! ”
"Don't let me find out if someone isn't doing what they're asked to do!"
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Based on the performance of these students, it is already thankful that a quarter of them can complete a lesson.
And Severus also found that the polarization of these students is also more serious, there are two students who are difficult to find fault with even Severus, but some students can't even distinguish between herbs, and their knife skills are poor.
It's almost like a freshman who hasn't been exposed to potions for a long time in the first year, how many cauldrons does such a student have to blow up in a year?
If this situation is followed, it is estimated that only two or three pots of potions will be prepared in this class, and the yield will be frighteningly low.
In that case, how much Potions materials do Hogwarts Potions class waste in a year? It's all Golden Gallons, and that's it, not including the high-grade potion materials that the senior students will use.
If you think about it this way, it is estimated that most of the financial consumption of Hogwarts in the whole year is contributed by Potions class!
It's no wonder why Hogwarts has potions classes in all grades, and when they can make and prepare most potions by themselves, they still need to buy a lot of potions every year, but the success rate of potions made by students is too low, and it is simply impossible to make ends meet!
"Thomas. Andrey, tell me, are you a troll?! Severus roared, these students were so infuriating, I had never seen such stupid students!
As he roared, Severus didn't forget to wave his wand to save the poor child.
"I've never seen anyone take down the cauldron directly with their hands, don't you think your claws are dragon claws that aren't afraid of burning?"
"Do you have a brain in the ball of meat on your shoulder! Hufflepuff will be deducted five points for your idiotic behavior! ”
Ignoring the kid who was about to cry because of the burns on his hands, if Severus hadn't found out earlier, it was estimated that the little wizards in his circle would have suffered, and it was dangerous for unfinished potions to be spilled or splashed.
"You two, get this troll to the infirmary!"
In the end, as expected, there were only four potions of qualified potions in one class, which meant that only eight people were successfully concocted, six Ravenclaws and two Hufflepuffs.
And there are nearly 50 people in this class today, which means that the success rate is only 1 in 6!
This is still a third-year student, and there are only three ingredients for the preparation, and the difficulty is not too great, and Severus is no longer in the mood to imagine what the situation is in other grades.
Now he just wants to take the quill in his hand and stab him to death. Kriatia" as a first-year Hufflepuff wizard.
Worried that the first-year wizard would not be able to operate, Severus changed the teaching content, he changed the potion for scabies to be prepared in the first class to the teaching of the use of instruments and potion processing methods, that is, experimental operation exercises, and at the same time, after class, he assigned a paper on the operation methods and potion treatment methods needed to treat scabies, which should be previewed in advance.
The difficulty of this assignment, to be honest, is not much more difficult than that of an elementary school student writing a diary.
But what the hell is this hand in?
What word is this? Could it be that I haven't passed the fourth level? But Severus was a native of England, so why didn't I know him?
How advanced is the application of this syntax? Is this an inverted sentence in English? And the kind that omits the subject and object?
Severus felt like he was going to collapse, there wasn't much to look at at these assignments, either spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, those who could express the meaning clearly were high marks, and they could be given an O, while most of the assignments could only be scored with a big D or even T.
Is this the level of education at Hogwarts?!