From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 56: Strixhaven's Educational Philosophy

Ivy tried to operate on the character panel, but found that Strixhaven seemed to be a feat with prerequisites.

If Ivy wants to obtain this feat, she must also choose the Strixsea Apprentice feat as a prerequisite. Since she has decided to take the Art Elemental Garden Statue as her own magical pet, Ivy will not give up. It is just an extra feat position, which is not difficult for Ivy who has the talent of [Perfect Part-time Job].

Besides, now that Ivy has mastered the third-level spell, she will soon be able to obtain the next expertise slot. Together with the six expertise slots that come with the 15th-level wizard and the 10th-level ancient magic wizard, Ivy now has a total of 7 expertise slots, five of which have been selected, namely, Spellcasting without Materials, Super Magic Tutor (Twin Spells, Instant Spells), Telekinesis (Intelligence +1), Create Wonders, and Eye Spells.

With the addition of Strijhaven's two specialties, all the specialty slots have been selected.

Since Strixhaven seems to require apprenticeship as a prerequisite, I might as well continue reading this entry. Ivy can also understand what Strixhaven is like.

In addition to the Soul Dolls and Art Elemental Statue that have been introduced before, Strixhaven also has three other types of statues.

The Fenlingyuan statue looks like a magical creature with a strange fractal structure. Its body is made entirely of solid light. Its microstructure and macrostructure are unified. It is an artificial life full of mathematical beauty.

Mo Lingyuan is like a mixture of ink and shadow, and looks like a small ink mud monster. It is an absolutely excellent helper in literary research and paper writing. When the master's battle is in trouble, they can also spread their bodies and turn into a cloud of ink, blocking the enemy's vision like a squid spraying ink.

The Pest Gardens are like small creatures living in a swamp where the forces of life and death are mixed. Although they look ugly and thorny, they actually possess a profound life essence. Mages who have studied life and death can get a glimpse of the magic of nature's creation from them. Therefore, these contradictory little guys have proudly become the representatives of Mihua Academy.

The statue is a symbol of the academy's educational philosophy. Similar to Hogwarts, Strixhaven is a magic school famous throughout the world for its magical education.

After spending a little experience to exchange for a copy of Strixhaven's enrollment brochure, Ivy began to read it with great interest.

As mentioned above, Strixhaven is a comprehensive magic university located in the "Aqavivo" space-time. It is keen to recruit talented students from across the multiverse.

Its mission is to "discover and preserve magical knowledge and pass it down from generation to generation; to advocate the learning of various forms of magic in a free and open manner, and to improve the lives of people around the world through the use of magic."

Similar to the four major colleges at Hogwarts, Strixhaven also has five major colleges for students to choose from, but these represent five different research directions, so it is not like the sorting ceremony at Hogwarts, which is performed at the beginning of entering the school.

All students who receive admission letters will receive a comprehensive magic education in the first year, and after passing the end-of-term exams, they will be divided into different schools according to their research preferences in the second year. There are five schools for students to choose from, all of which were founded by the famous ancient dragons of Aquavivo.

Through the previous introduction of the Strijhai Academy, Ivy had a general understanding of the differences between the colleges, so after highly condensing the information in the admission brochure, he came to the following conclusion.

The first thing to note is that each college in Strijhaven has a research theme and two opposing and complementary philosophical concepts to guide the research direction. Therefore, in this magic university, the discussion on philosophy is endless.

Hengjian College is a place where the main subject of research is history. The students and lecturers here are more keen on exploring the past and moving forward. Order and chaos are the topics that this college always explores.

Puritan Academy is a place where elemental magic is practiced as an art form, where students and instructors draw inspiration from every visible and invisible element to create amazing elemental wonders. Of course, the teachers and students here agree that magic is also a form of art. The two major philosophical concepts that guide all teachers and students of Puritan Academy are refinement and expression. In simple terms, it is whether works of art should arouse people's thinking about the spiritual world or help people perceive the greater external world. In other words, the philosophy of Puritan Academy is a debate about "inside and outside".

The School of Quantitative Analysis focuses on the study of the nature of mathematics and uses precise calculations to explore the secrets of the mystery. The philosophical focus of this school is matter and theory, that is, whether mathematics is a generalization and reflection of the material world, or a virtual tool originated from the creator of the theory.

Yinhao Academy believes that the power of magic also exists in words and texts. It teaches students the magic of rhetoric, poetry, narrative and writing. Teaching activities sometimes turn into speech contests or fantasy stage plays. The philosophical focus of the mages affiliated with Yinhao Academy is radiance and shadow, that is, whether the purpose of information exchange is to make the world a better place or to gain personal benefits without any effort. No matter which view the Yinhao mages prefer, they all have good eloquence without exception.

Mihua College focuses on the essence of life, that is, the magical power that rotates between life and death. In the schedule of Mihua students, you can always find all kinds of strange courses, including life sciences, biology, ecology, botany and chemistry. The philosophical thought that affects the teachers and students of this college is of course "life and death", but to be more specific, it is about whether the ultimate force that drives the natural process is growth or extinction.

The "Strijhaven Admissions Brochure" was very thin, just a few simple pages, but it was enough for Ivy to get a glimpse of the educational philosophy of this magic university.

Unlike the four major Hogwarts colleges that focus on the essence of students' personalities, Strixhaven cares more about the philosophical analysis of magic on the world. This is a more grand theme, enough to attract countless aspiring spellcasters to follow suit.

Strixhaven fully deserves the title of a magic university.

If we follow this line of thought, wouldn't Hogwarts, which recruits 11-year-old wizards and mainly provides employees for various shops and companies in the wizarding world, become a magic school? Or a magic technical secondary school?

Hogwarts School of Professional Wizardry and Technology?
Ivy shook the thought out of his head, and then clicked on the two specialties of Strixsea Apprentice and Strixsea Garden Portrait on the character panel one by one.

(End of this chapter)