Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 15 Differences in Academic Ability

As the freshmen gradually became familiar with the unpredictable staircases in the castle, Wade's life at Hogwarts also fell into a certain routine.

The first-year students have a very easy schedule, with only one class a day and no more than three classes a day. The rest of the time is at the students' disposal. After seeing this schedule, Wade was very suspicious - why can't those students who complain about the professor's too much homework finish a few inches of paper on time?
In his previous life, when Wade was less than ten years old, he had to write at least 300 words in Chinese, which was called a "compressed language package". If converted into English, he could easily expand it to 1,000 words. After systematic training in high school, college, and graduate school, it is not impossible for him to write 10,000 words in two days.

After studying with Michael, Hermione and others for a period of time, Wade finally understood the reason.

Among the first-year students, except for Wade, Hermione had the easiest time completing the paper - at the very least, she would not make mistakes in basic grammar, and rarely encountered words that she could not spell. She was able to quickly grasp the key points in the text and then paraphrase them clearly.

The above points are difficult for the other three to achieve, even Michael from Ravenclaw.

Because they all come from wizarding families.

The lives of wizards and ordinary people are almost completely isolated - even if one of the couples is a Muggle-born. Most wizard families live in isolation, not only never actively contact Muggles, but also set up "Muggle-Repelling Charms" near their homes to prevent Muggles from accidentally breaking into their lives. Therefore, wizards do not understand how Muggles dress, do not understand the development of Muggle technology, and will not send their underage children to Muggle schools to study. In their eyes, this is no different from humans sending their children to be taught by monkeys living in trees.

There is only one magic school in the UK, Hogwarts, and there is no "magic primary school" or "magic university". In the wizarding world, children under the age of eleven are basically educated at home - if parents have time, they will teach their children to read, write and do simple arithmetic; but if they meet irresponsible parents, the children may not even know how to spell with a "quill pen".

Michael and his friends basically started receiving education from their parents when they were five or six years old, so at least they didn't have much of a problem with reading and writing. However, being able to read and write is different from being able to learn. Compared with the systematic education in Muggle schools, the family education of wizards lacks a lot of things. For example, when wizard parents teach their children to read, they don't actually cultivate the ability of logical reasoning and induction and summary - Wade suspects that many wizards may not have any concept in this regard at all, after all, they have always been dismissive of Muggle theories.

Moreover, the young wizards, including Hermione, basically lack the ability to quickly extract the key points from the article and understand them. For example, the young wizards can only understand "the temperature of objects A and B is equal, and the temperature of B and C is equal, so the temperature of A and C is also equal"; but their reference book says "If each of the two thermodynamic systems is in thermal equilibrium with the third thermodynamic system, then they must also be in thermal equilibrium with each other. That is: if it can be confirmed that the physical properties of the two systems will not change when heat can be exchanged, even if the two systems are not allowed to exchange heat, it can be confirmed that they are in a state of equilibrium with each other."

Little Wizards: ...?
A string of letters slid smoothly through the brain without leaving a trace.

Hermione was able to memorize all the content with her powerful memory, and then slowly understand it by comparing it with different materials; but most young wizards could only jot down a bunch of notes that they couldn't understand, scratch their heads and muddle through to hand in an assignment, hoping that the professor would be kind enough to give them an A (pass).

Moreover, 11-year-old children are away from their parents to study in boarding schools, and the discipline of the college professors is not strict - even Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape, who are known for their strictness, will not care whether the little wizards who have no classes sleep in the dormitory or play games in the lounge. This relaxed environment is naturally a great test of the self-control of minors. Laziness and playing are human nature, but learning is not. Learning is only interesting to a very small number of people.

Like Hermione. Like Vader.

In just half a month, the two stood out from the first-year students. The difference was that Hermione was strict with herself and others, and she firmly refused to copy homework or violate school rules; while Wade never minded others copying his homework, and when he was studying hard and practicing spells in the practice room, he never forced others to work hard with him.

Wade actually understood the laziness of teenagers in learning, as he had been like that in his previous life. In this life, he worked harder than others, not because he loved learning, but because he loved magic - because to him, magic was not an innate, natural ability, so he cherished this opportunity more than anyone else in the school.

Once again, practice was almost done until curfew time, and Wade hurried back to Ravenclaw Tower. At this time, the corridor outside was completely quiet, as if everyone was asleep. But once he entered the lounge, he felt that it was still too early.

Hogwarts has a curfew, but no lights-out time. If students want, they can stay in the brightly lit common room all night. At this time, there are many students of all grades in the Ravenclaw common room - there are couples in love sitting on the sofa in the corner talking sweetly, there are bored little wizards playing wizard chess on the round tea table, and there are senior students writing quickly to finish their homework.

Although there were many people, it did not seem noisy, and the Ravenclaws consciously lowered their voices when talking.

Seven or eight people gathered on the sofa in front of the fireplace, and from time to time, the sound of girls giggling could be heard. Wade glanced over there, and without paying much attention, he found a secluded corner to sit down, reading a book and taking notes.

Michael in the crowd saw this, he smiled and said a few words to the girl next to him, then walked over and sat down next to Wade.

"Studying so late again?" Michael leaned on the table and said, "Wade, we have been in school for less than a month, and you have almost finished learning all the content of the first grade. What did you do with the rest of the time? I don't mean to say that you are working too hard. Sometimes you should relax. Wade, brother, do you know how many girls want to meet you?"

He raised an eyebrow towards the fireplace, causing another round of laughter among the girls.

Wade put down his quill, looked at Michael quietly with his grey eyes, and asked, "I don't know. But Michael - do you know how long we can stay in Hogwarts?"

(End of this chapter)