Chapter 554 A little bit of superficial Muggle knowledge
After afternoon tea, in the office of Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge.
Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, Cuthbert Mockridge, Director of the Goblin Liaison Office, John, Deputy Director of the Auror Office
Delis, and other officials from the Ministry of Magic that Fudge trusted gathered together and chatted casually about what happened in the magical world recently.
In the past month, not only the situation in the non-magical world has been changing, but also various rumors in the magical world are flying all over the sky. Last week, Gringotts had already made plans to the Ministry of Magic in response to the upcoming run.
A warning was issued.
On the other hand, the rumors of the mysterious man's return also gave Cornelius Fudge a headache. In fact, the most powerful response was that Albus Dumbledore could stand on the stage and help the Ministry of Magic stabilize public opinion. However, due to
The mortgage conspiracy that Hogwarts was involved in half a year ago has made Dumbledore reluctant to speak in public recently.
If it weren't for the teaching reform for the next academic year at Hogwarts, Cornelius Fudge even suspected that Dumbledore was planning to completely cut off all contact with the outside world during this period, stay away from all disturbances in the non-magical and magical worlds, and concentrate on his work.
Stay in the peaceful Hogwarts Castle and teach those lively little ones.
"Introduce some non-magical basic subject content into the Hogwarts curriculum as a minor for some magic courses and pre-requisite basic courses. At the same time, apply for the establishment of a faculty and staff family area in Hogmeade Village around Hogwarts to solve the problem
The daily accommodation, daily living and other needs of faculty and staff hired from the non-magical world..."
Cornelius Fudge tapped his thick fingers on his desk, held the application letter sent by Dumbledore, read it again, looked around at the cronies in the office, and asked thoughtfully
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"What do you think Professor Albus Dumbledore wants to do..."
"Obviously, Professor Dumbledore has always had a special concern for young wizards who are Muggles or have Muggle blood. This educational reform is obviously a signal aimed at the current situation of the wizarding world. He wants to further expand mixed-race
The ratio of wizards to mudbloods - just like he has been doing secretly before, but this time in a different way."
Dolores Umbridge put down the teacup in her hand and replied in a sharp voice. A slightly permeating smirk appeared on her pale and drooping face. She carefully observed Fudge's expression, taking it easy.
The ground continued.
"I will not comment on Professor Dumbledore's ideas for the time being, but purely from this point of view, after thinking about it carefully these days, I feel that it is not completely unacceptable. I just need to reconsider the pros and cons.
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In fact, as descendants of pure-blood wizarding families, the philosophy of most wizards in the Ministry of Magic is inclined to the "blood theory". Therefore, as soon as he received Dumbledore's follow-up expression, Cornelius Fudge
The others directly chose to put the delay policy on hold for the time being... This delay lasted for more than three months, from Christmas to now.
However, now that Cornelius Fudge has brought up the matter again, it shows that his attitude has changed again.
As Cornelius Fudge's closest deputy, Umbridge is naturally the most keenly aware of Fudge's thoughts. Contacting the previous days and what Fudge said before, Umbridge quickly understood the issue that the Minister of Magic was hesitating about.
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"The courses at Hogwarts have always been gradually added through historical accumulation. The sudden addition of courses is a huge test for both the wizarding world and the school... According to the current situation, it is bound to occupy
Most of Professor Dumbledore's energy leaves him no time to pay attention to various problems that occur in the magical world..."
Umbridge said slowly, while glancing at Cornelius Fudge who nodded slowly, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
"It is true that we don't know much about some courses in the non-magical world, but Professor Dumbledore has provided a detailed teaching improvement report some time ago, regarding the relationship between most of the introduced teaching content and existing magic courses.
It was explained, and after reading it, Minister Fudge and I both felt that it made sense."
Different from the previous general and rough communications, a week ago, Albus Dumbledore wrote a long letter, detailing the teaching reforms he planned to carry out in the future, as well as the subjects involved.
Of course, the most important thing is that Dumbledore implicitly stated in the letter that if the Ministry of Magic can support his education reform plan, then he can also cooperate with the Ministry of Magic to carry out an education reform plan before dedicating himself to teaching in the new year.
A series of efforts to appease public opinion, this kind of communication attitude has never been seen in previous discussions.
Faced with Dumbledore's proactive change, Cornelius Fudge could no longer put it on hold no matter how reluctant he was.
Not to mention, Dumbledore's transformation is exactly the stabilizer he and the Ministry of Magic need most at this time.
Of course, this kind of secret exchange of favors is not suitable to be put on the table. They need a more reasonable reason to convince other officials of the Ministry of Magic who represent the interests of the majority of pure-blood wizards and the original concepts of the magical world.
What makes Umbridge and Fudge happy is that Professor Dumbledore has already found this reason - or in other words, from beginning to end, Albus Dumbledore stood as an educator.
Considering his identity, this undoubtedly makes the current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, feel more at ease.
"Details of the new education reform. Do Muggles have any knowledge they need to learn magic?"
Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, frowned and looked at Umbridge in confusion.
Umbridge glanced at Cornelius Fudge and saw the wizard nodding. She smiled and took out her wand and tapped it lightly on the blank table. Common subject names and a few text explanations appeared on it.
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"According to Professor Dumbledore's idea, it is not a new core course as we imagined before, but more of a unified general knowledge minor to address the omissions of various magical families in preschool education and popularize it.
A little bit of superficial Muggle knowledge, mainly for the purpose of magical learning."
"For example, this mathematics course is just about learning some digital symbols and simple numerical calculations. This is also a supplementary teaching plan proposed in response to the problems that students have in astronomy classes, arithmetic divination and other courses."
"For example, this chemistry class is actually mainly to teach students what wood is, what steel is, what stone is, and how to use glassware correctly... Mainly because before this, there were potions class and transfiguration class.
We have indeed encountered many problems. For example, the professor asked to conjure a bronze button, but some students did not know what bronze looked like; or they were clumsy and caused a lot of unnecessary trouble in the Potions class..."
"Oh, and this physics class is actually just a superficial knowledge of how to boil water..."