The Easter holidays are approaching, and the students of Hogwarts are getting restless again, wishing that the school could be closed immediately so that they can have a good time.
However, the professors at Hogwarts did not seem to intend to let the students have a peaceful Easter. More and more homework was assigned, piling up on the desks.
If you finish all your homework during the Easter holidays, you probably won't be able to enjoy the holiday well.
Fred and George's tempers also became bad. Not only did they have to be busy with their homework, but they also had to find time every day to compete with Albert in magic, plus Quidditch training three times a week.
Speaking of Quidditch, the twin brothers were depressed because Gryffindor's next Quidditch game was against Hufflepuff.
Although they had lost two games, Charlie insisted that the players train hard to ensure better results in the next semester. Therefore, Fred and George had little time to do anything except Quidditch training, magic confrontation and homework.
“I feel like I’ve lost weight!”
In the Transfiguration class, Fred was trying to turn the little white rabbit into slippers. While poking the poor little guy with his wand, he complained to Albert beside him that he was too busy recently.
If they can't turn the little white rabbit in front of them into slippers, it means that Easter will have to take time out to practice Transfiguration, which is not good news. They already have enough things to do.
What made Fred most angry and depressed was that Albert successfully turned the little white rabbit into slippers with only one try. After several attempts, his slippers became more and more exquisite.
Albert was so far ahead of them in Transfiguration that even Katrina from Ravenclaw was left far behind.
Everyone was so busy learning magic and dealing with the heavy homework, but Albert always found time to do other things, which made the three of them wonder if Albert really only had 24 hours in a day
People really cannot be compared with each other. If there is comparison, the gap will feel really huge, which will make people feel extremely bad.
"Weasley, stop bothering the poor little white rabbit, or you'll be put in detention." Professor McGonagall's stern voice interrupted Fred's complaints, and many people in the class turned their heads to look over.
"Sorry." Fred muttered. He caught the little white rabbit that wanted to escape and touched its head like Albert did, trying to make it calm down again.
"This is much harder than turning a beetle into a button." George's face was full of worry. His little white rabbit was still a little white rabbit, but Sana's little white rabbit had changed a little. There were still obvious rabbit ears on the slippers, and they could move. It was obviously not successful, but the change was a good sign.
"Do you have any secret to success?" Fred couldn't help asking.
"There is no shortcut to learning Transfiguration, Weasley. Transfiguration is a delicate subject and you need very hard training to succeed. You still have a long way to go in this regard." Professor McGonagall said calmly. This was not the first time she had heard someone ask such a question.
"I've never seen Albert spend much time on this!" Fred couldn't help but mutter. He felt that Albert had spent far less time on transfiguration than on magical combat recently.
However, Fred immediately shut up when he noticed Professor McGonagall's gaze shifted over again.
"Easter is coming soon. I hope you won't just play and forget your homework. What happened during the last Christmas holiday should not happen again. I suggest you finish your homework before you go out to play." Professor McGonagall walked back to the podium and took out a pile of papers from the attendance list and distributed them.
Everyone took the list, looked at the contents, and whispered to each other.
"This is the new course list. You will need to choose new courses in your third year. You will have enough time to think about this during the Easter holidays." Professor McGonagall's expression was very serious. "Everyone needs to choose at least two courses. If you don't understand, you can ask me or ask your elders for advice. You need to treat it carefully, as it will affect your future."
"Professor, can you introduce these five new courses to us?" someone said.
"Divination focuses more on talent. There are very few people in the wizarding world who can truly foresee the future. Most of them are scammers who claim to be fortune-tellers," said Professor McGonagall.
Many students couldn't help but smile. They had heard about Professor Sybill Trelawney. Many students thought she was a liar and could not foresee the future.
"If you want to work in a field that is closely related to Muggles, it is best to choose Muggle Studies. Of course, I know that some wizards grew up around Muggles and should be better at this." Professor McGonagall continued, "Many wizards do not know how to get along with Muggles."
"Unless Professor Charity Burbage of Muggle Studies is a wizard who grew up around Muggles," Albert whispered, "otherwise, I don't think that professor knows much."
As can be seen from Arthur Weasley asking what a rubber duck is for, wizards' understanding of Muggles is very superficial.
"If you like outdoor activities and like dealing with magical creatures, you can choose Care of Magical Creatures."
"Charlie chose Care of Magical Creatures. He said there were few students in the advanced class for Care of Magical Creatures." George whispered.
"Arithmancy and ancient runes are suitable for wizards who like to study magic. If you want to become a curse breaker, you also need to be proficient in these two subjects."
"The former requires a keen eye for numbers and can use numerology and grammar to predict the future. Wizards and witches who learn and practice arithmetic are called Arithmeticians."
"The latter has something to do with archaeology and alchemy. It requires your talent in languages. There are very few wizards who are really good at ancient magic runes." Professor McGonagall's eyes stayed on Albert for a moment, and continued: "Of course, if any of you plan to choose all the subjects, you can come to me privately. But I don't recommend that you choose all of them, because the busy study pressure may make you overwhelmed. If you are not a particularly good student, I generally don't recommend that you choose all of them."
"Isobel picked them all." Katrina muttered softly, she was considering whether to pick them all.
"It depends on what you plan to do in the future." Professor McGonagall reminded, "Go back and think carefully before making a decision."
Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were not afraid at all that the courses they chose would be difficult to learn. Even if they were really difficult, Albert was willing to help them. What's more, they only chose the easier courses of Divination and Care of Magical Creatures, and had no intention of developing in that direction in the future.