Luke really didn't expect such a fuss would come out.
Make him a professor? What was Dumbledore thinking?
but……
Luke touched his chin and nodded, which seemed to make sense. After all, in the final analysis, this matter started because of Luke. Asking Luke to find someone to come in would be an opening to Luke. It is really unreasonable to give students this right. But if this power is given to school directors, then other school directors will be able to seize the opportunity and insert their own people into the matter.
Therefore, this hole must not be opened.
If you think about it this way, since Luke's strength is proven and he is quite new to Defense Against the Dark Arts, it is not a big problem to let Luke be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
After all, Dumbledore didn't expect students to learn much in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this year. Students in the upper grades can pass the exam, and students in the lower grades can have a basic understanding.
And to be honest, he felt that the quality of Luke's lessons might be better than Lockhart's. After all, he had seen Luke's strength with his own eyes.
In this way, Dumbledore's decision to let students become Defense Against the Dark Arts professors does not seem so outrageous.
Seeing that Luke was not opposed to this matter, Professor McGonagall did not show any relaxed expression on his face. Instead, he said with a very serious expression: "If you feel it is inappropriate, don't be embarrassed, I will take care of this matter." Negotiate with Dumbledore."
What she thought about Luke being a professor seemed unreliable. There is no precedent for this matter. Professors occasionally ask their favorite students to help them teach one or two courses with little technical content. Everyone can understand this. It’s time to train students.
However, there is still more than half of the next school year, and Luke is not simply filling in for one or two classes.
"You have to know, Luke, the professors at Hogwarts have to teach seven years. They are very busy."
There are two classes for each age group, and the progress of the two classes is not necessarily the same. Each class must make separate teaching materials. But when it comes to small class teaching in sixth and seventh grade, everyone's progress is different. Being a professor at Hogwarts, even if it's not as deadly as the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, does consume a lot of energy.
Being a full-time professor is an exhausting job. Not to mention working part-time as a professor while ensuring your academic performance. It is said that teaching brings benefits, and teaching brings benefits, but the premise is that the time for teaching and learning must be relatively balanced.
"I think you need to think about it carefully, Luke. This is not a joke. And Dumbledore also made it clear that you still have to take the final exams this year, all exams except Defense Against the Dark Arts."
Professor McGonagall sounded sincere. She was sincerely discouraging.
Luke sat down on the chair, frowning and looking thoughtful. Obviously weighing the pros and cons.
Professor McGonagall didn't rush him. Just stared at Luke silently. In fact, no matter what decision Luke makes, she will only support it. Of course, being a substitute professor is not all bad.
This is a chance for Luke to express himself better. He needs this opportunity.
The downside is that Luke will be extra busy this semester. He was even so busy that he couldn't even imagine it.
If she chooses to give up, then she will find a way to find a few old friends to help. She didn't want to consign her friend to the cursed position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
But rather than letting a child like Luke bear this risk, Professor McGonagall thought it would be better to find a more reliable adult wizard.
In such a short period of time, an adult wizard with anti-black magic and anti-curse awareness should not have any problems.
However... after thinking about it for a long time, Luke finally gave an answer that Professor McGonagall didn't want to hear.
"Let's do this, Professor, I'll talk to Dumbledore myself. I can teach Defense Against the Dark Arts classes from grades one to four. For grade five and above, I won't get involved, and you will suffer, or simply let Dumbledore do the job concurrently. After all, the fifth grade students have to take the OLS exam and cannot attend classes casually. The same principle applies to small class teaching, so I can’t do anything wrong.”
"Grades one to four can be left to me, and I am confident that I can do a good job."
Moreover, the first to fourth grade itself is the basic plan he has set for himself. What he wants to fight for most is this group of people. Unless someone at a higher level can really compete with the radio waves, at most they can only become a tool person like Eric, and cannot truly become their own people.
Faced with Luke's proposal, Professor McGonagall frowned and nodded in agreement with this idea.
"In this case, it should be okay. You won't be too tired from the first to fourth grades. The remaining three grades can be taught by Dumbledore, or we professors can spare some time to teach them."
Luke smiled when he heard this: "That's it. I'll discuss it with Dumbledore. If he agrees, we will follow this plan."
After saying that, she stood up directly, said hello to Professor McGonagall, and walked out of her office.
Professor McGonagall ignored Luke who left, still weighing the pros and cons of Luke's choice in his heart.
Luke must have his own little agenda, everyone knows this. Dumbledore gave him this opportunity because he obviously understood what Luke needed now.
Increase visibility externally and recruit sufficient talents internally.
Luke was successful at both.
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and shook her head: "This kid... you still have to keep a close eye on him."
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"Is that what you think?"
Dumbledore looked at Luke with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
He didn't expect Luke to make such a request.
He originally thought that Luke would either accept or reject it, but to put forward a new condition on the original basis was indeed something he did not expect. That makes the whole thing look more reasonable.
"I'm not too worried about academic performance from first to fourth grade. I'm still a little confident in teaching the basics. At least it's better than Lockhart."
Although, Luke feels that as a human being, he is stronger than Lockhart. After all, what was Lockhart doing in class? Acting lessons.
The main content of his courses is drama acting. The scenes and plots in his books are still acted out, and the protagonist is played by himself.
Originally, in the original book, his highlight moment in class was when he opened the door to wizard duels to the little wizards. Allowing them to experience wizard duels firsthand.
But here, before he could even start a duel course, he was about to be ripped off by Luke.
Luke doesn't feel too ashamed to do it by picking off people's wisdom.
What's more, dueling classes can be offered from first grade to fourth grade. At the very least, it can reduce Luke's teaching pressure by more than half. The best way to mix classes.
After pondering for a moment, Dumbledore nodded: "This is a good plan. I will take the place of the seventh-grade class. Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout will take charge of the sixth-grade class, and Professor Snape will take the fifth-grade class." .”
The reason for not arranging additional teaching tasks for Professor McGonagall is because Professor McGonagall has to bear the pressure of additional administrative tasks when Dumbledore teaches.
If Professor McGonagall is assigned teaching tasks, then part of the administrative tasks originally performed by Professor McGonagall will have to be assigned to Dumbledore. In comparison, Dumbledore would rather bear a little more teaching pressure.
"Then it's settled. I'll go back and prepare to teach. But on the other hand, I definitely can't let other professors teach me while I'm teaching others."
Luke freely admitted his predicament.
"I'm confident that I can pass the exam, but professor, you can't remember me as absent from class!"
This was naturally a joke. The professors are not fools. They rarely care whether Luke comes to class or not. Now if Luke becomes a substitute professor, then naturally there will be no reason to record him as absent from class.
If you have nothing to do to cause trouble for an outstanding student, a school director, or a temporary colleague, you are not making yourself miserable.
Dumbledore waved his hand angrily. After so many years of cultivating qi, it was difficult for him to maintain his kindness once he met Luke. It was really hard for him to treat Luke as an absolute junior.
More often than not, the way two people get along is more like bad friends. In comparison, Luke looked more like a junior in front of Professor McGonagall.
Dumbledore felt like he couldn't think too much. Otherwise, he would somehow be a generation younger than Professor McGonagall.
"Go away, go away. I have to assign tasks to other professors."
With that said, he was going to drive Luke away. Luke smiled and turned around and left the principal's office. He still had things to deal with. This incident did more good than harm to Luke.
Walking out of the principal's office, Luke suppressed the smile on his face. Since you want to get enough benefits from this substitute professor position, the things you want to teach must be practical and interesting.
After all, he was facing a group of young wizards who were indulged by professors and whose learning attitude was quite ordinary. There are very few people like Hermione who are as hard-working as they are talented.
Some students are like twins, talented enough to solve about 80% of the problems in the learning process. Then their score is around 80 percent.
Of course, there are some students who are neither talented nor hardworking enough. Such students even make up the majority of the young wizards at Hogwarts.
Especially in the first to fourth grades, none of them are particularly important. When their graduation and future exams are urging them like a talisman, their performance is always particularly lazy.
Fortunately, Luke's memory contains many excellent examples of professors' operations. For example, Lockhart's dueling lessons, and Lupine and Barty Crouch Jr.'s lessons, each have their own merits.
Luke didn't care if they got stuck in traffic later. Use ready-made ideas as you should.
The teaching of Defense Against the Dark Arts classes in grades one to four is not very systematic. Of course, this is mainly because the professors changed too quickly. This year is a new record. It’s not even a year yet and the professor should be changed.
Every time a professor is changed, the teaching ideas and methods will be changed. It can only be said that the students are the ones who suffer.
Just when Luke was about to walk to the infirmary, take a look at Harry, and tell him that there was nothing he could do about Dobby, he suddenly saw a figure not far away walking in a panic and looking around. As if looking for something.
Luke saw him from a distance and subconsciously avoided him. But he was still a step too late after all.
"Mr. Gunter! Mr. Gunter!"
When Lockhart saw Luke, he rushed to greet him with a bright smile on his face.
"Oh! We haven't seen you for a long time!"
That's right, although both the person who arranged the job and the one who took over have made adequate preparations, Luke has not yet taken action, and Lockhart has not been sold yet.
"Long time no see, Professor Lockhart," Luke smiled politely, and then immediately asked preemptively, "I saw you were looking for something just now. Did you lose something important?"
Lockhart originally wanted to bring up the past and asked Luke to fund him with a few gold galleons for collecting stories and writing a book. He has been thinking about this for a long time. But he kept getting distracted by Luke talking about him. However, he always thought that his sincerity had not impressed Luke yet, so he kept trying.
Little did he know, his people were all used as stepping stones by Luke.
"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that I lost a notebook I brought with me somewhere. Maybe I forgot it in the classroom, and some student took it away. I couldn't put it down, so I forgot to give it back to me."
Lockhart smiled as brightly as he could. In fact, he regretted it when he stood in front of Luke just now. Now is the time to attract investment. He knew exactly what was written in his diary. If those things were seen by others, he would not have to worry about whether his current reputation or his life could be saved.
Although he sometimes seems naive. But when his reputation and life are at stake, his IQ can still occupy the high ground.
Luke could see Lockhart's fear, anger and annoyance, and the guy he rejected for a while was quite interesting.
So he smiled and said to Lockhart: "By the way, Professor, I decided to give you an investment. I think your next book might be very interesting."
"Really?!" Lockhart was overjoyed. He didn't expect to have such a harvest today.
"Of course it's true!" Luke nodded seriously.
"If you can come out of Azkaban alive." He did not say this.
