"I really hope the next party can come sooner. Umbridge's Defense Against the Dark Arts class is a waste of time." Hannah said at the end of the party. "If I only take her class, my Dark Arts class will be better this year."
I'm sure I'll fail in the O.W.LS exam in the defense class. If this reading club hadn't helped me make up for my lessons, I might have gotten a T."
This semester's reading club is becoming more and more like a fighting club. Because of Umbridge, the Defense Against the Dark Arts course has been basically abandoned, so now everyone gathers together to mainly remediate knowledge in this area.
"The study club was established to help each other." Ryan said to a few people who came closer, "I think our exams will definitely get satisfactory results."
After seeing everyone off, Ryan and Hermione were cleaning up the place. Suddenly, the twins sneakily poked their heads in from the door and greeted them at the same time. "Ryan, there are some things we want to discuss with you."
"What are you doing?" Ryan muttered and turned the obstacles back into tables, chairs and benches. After explaining it to Hermione, he walked into the corridor and asked. "Tell me, why did you two call me out at this time, and why did you want to avoid it?
Hermione."
"That's right." Fred shrugged, "I think we are completely adults and don't need to continue full-time education."
"Originally we planned to pass the n.e.w.t exam and get the certificate according to mother's wishes, but now we can no longer stand the depressing atmosphere." George blinked. "Especially since we have opened a restaurant in Diagon Alley.
The store is just the right place for us to show off our talents.”
"So," Fred continued what George said, "as the largest shareholder of our store, we thought we should consult your opinion on this matter."
"In addition, Percy has told us several times before that you have guided him in the direction of his life and allowed him to make the right choices in key areas. Although we have never gotten along with Percy,
We must also admit that he is indeed the best person in the family in some aspects." George spread his hands. "So now that we have encountered the same problem, we also want to ask you about our lives."
"If you really need me to tell you, I can only say that your idea is really ill-considered." Ryan said, choosing his words carefully. "You know, if you do this, your studies will be terminated."
"We know." Fred said first.
"No, you don't know." Ryan shook his hand and said. "You may think this is cool and can reflect your rebellious spirit. You must know that Umbridge is not the only professor in the school. If you do this, please consider
Do you want to follow the ideas of other professors? Not to mention that your mother supports you in opening a store. You should also fulfill your mother's wish for you. Otherwise, I will have no shame in going to the Burrow in the future."
"But the current atmosphere" George said a little depressed. "We just want to change the school."
"Your childish behavior will only change yourselves." Ryan revealed the truth mercilessly. "I believe this castle will change, but it will never be your behavior. So you should go and be good.
Take the n.e.w.t exam, get the certificate, and then become a store manager."
At this point, Ryan raised his arms and put them on the shoulders of the two people. "I know the atmosphere in the school is very bad now, but you can be patient for a little bit. You know that you will leave at the end of this year, and I will still be here."
For several years, I have believed that things will change for the better soon, so what are you still worried about?"
"Of course!" Seeing the twins dejectedly agreeing with his point of view, Ryan decided to say something exciting. "After the exam, you can have a big one. Just make sure not to mess with yourself.
Just go to Azkaban."
After watching the twins leave, Hermione opened the door and walked out. "It's finally done. What did you talk about just now? It couldn't be some prank plan, right?"
"Hermione, you should believe that I'm not the kind of person who makes trouble." Ryan couldn't help but laugh when he saw the expression on Hermione's face that you made up. "Well, at least Umbridge is not worthy of me.
I was really trying to dissuade the twins from certain things."
"I believe you." Hermione said after staring into Ryan's eyes for a few seconds. "By the way, I think the reading club is doing well now, and we should be able to take the next step. What do you think we should do next?"
"We can compile a magazine." Ryan had thought about this problem before. "I found that the biggest problem among wizards now is that they don't understand the Muggle world at all. Even Mr. Weasley, who claims to like Muggles the most, doesn't understand.
We don’t know the difference between Muggle currencies, and we don’t understand some common Muggle knowledge. In this case, the first step we should do is to literacy, at least to let wizards know what Muggles are like.”
"You're right, the first step should indeed be to understand." Hermione nodded. "Then how to make them understand? By making display boards and putting out physical exhibits, or by setting aside time to talk to them."
"These are a bit routine, and at the same time the effect is very poor." Ryan told Hermione this fact. "According to the information I heard, this is how the Muggle Studies class in our school is taught. And then it cultivates a group of people who want to wear Muggle clothes."
A wizard who can wear a diving suit and carry an oxygen bottle to the camping site."
Hermione covered her mouth and laughed. At this moment, she remembered the weirdly dressed wizards at the Quidditch World Cup last year. After she finished laughing, she asked, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"I think we can start a magazine first." Ryan said seriously. This was based on his experience in the books he had read before. If you want others to accept your point of view, the first thing you need to do is to let your point of view be accepted.
It only works if others know about it, which is inseparable from publicity. Since there are only a few ways to promote the wizarding world, Ryan naturally thought of magazines.
"Magazine? Something like "Transfiguration Research."" Hermione asked curiously. It seemed that the top student was studying even when he was resting.
"Oh, of course not. That's a bit too formal." Ryan shook his head. "We are promoting science, and such a highly professional academic magazine is not conducive to publicity. In my mind, this book will
There is very professional academic content, but it only accounts for a small part. Most of them are humorous jokes or cartoons. For example, the guy who wore a diving suit and carried an oxygen bottle at the Quidditch World Cup can easily be used as a part of the cartoon.
, used to highlight how wizards misunderstand Muggles."
"Sounds good." Hermione nodded. "As long as the narrative content is professional and accurate, the method used to express these things is not the point. After all, this is just a popular science book and not a textbook. Of course, I think this
There should be many people coming to buy this magazine. Because people like to read interesting things, and there are too few entertainment items for wizards anyway."
"Yes! In addition, we can also sell books to get some funds, so that we can keep this magazine going." Ryan added. "You have to know that a magazine like "The Quibbler" is written purely out of love.
It is easy to be abandoned because of changes in the people who compile the book, but our book is for promotion, and it must have an independent source of income to sustain it for a long time. Only in this way can our magazine achieve its final goal.
, has enough influence to let all wizards understand the truth about Muggles."
"What you said makes sense. Let's compile the sample magazine first and distribute it in the reading club. If the effect is good, we will move on to the next step." Hermione said when the two of them were approaching the common room. "I hope everything goes well.