Alchemy Black Technology at Hogwarts

Chapter 155 Continuing Education
"practice course?"

Snape frowned.

At Hogwarts, the learning of potions is basically learned through practice: the professor will first write the formula, steps, and precautions of the potions that need to be learned on the blackboard, and then the students follow this process to implement .

Little wizards need to start with the simplest potions, such as dried valerian, caterpillars, or poisonous snake fangs, and strictly follow the instructions on the textbook/blackboard.

From the first grade to the seventh grade, this process has not changed in any way, the main difference is only the difficulty of the potion formula.

Naturally, this approach would not be a problem in Hogwarts 1000 years ago. It effectively ensured that every graduate student could at least brew commonly used potions.But if put it today, it gives people a slightly bloated feeling.

As a result of this education model, almost all students only know what it is and don't know why.All wizards worth their salt above the fifth grade should know that the "Living Hell Potion" is made by heating daffodil root powder and wormwood together, and it is a very effective sleeping pill, which can make people sleep without dreams in sleep.

But they don't know why the powder of daffodil root and wormwood are heated together - and those potion masters who can know this knowledge will not kindly disclose this knowledge, but will treasure it as a way for their own Potions and generic versions produce different dependencies.

This is how the Potions Master was born.

Snape and Lily Evans were exceptions among the exceptions. This can be seen from the dense notes that Snape left in the textbook. Mistakes made in many places.

"So what's your 'best idea'? Let those idiots who can't make a decent thickener out of the slime of a Flobberworm cook you a potion?"

After hearing William's explanation, the disgusted expression on Snape's face showed that he didn't buy it at all.

"Of course not!"

William flatly denied.

Snape's sensitivity exceeded his expectations—although it is true, it is not true, and besides, is there really a wizard who can't even cook the thickener of Flobber caterpillar's slime? ?
For Merlin's sake, the thickener is just throwing the Flobber caterpillar slime into a pot with water and burning it until it turns into a mush!
"I was just thinking, maybe the Potions classes above OWLs in our castle can be designed to be more practical."

William revised Snape's statement.

He believes that Hogwarts students should prefer to have tangible work experience and be able to give them Courses that bring benefits after graduation.

In the sixth and seventh grades, there are at least dozens of students in each grade who will take Snape's elective courses, and they live in the Hogwarts castle, and they can even save living expenses and commuting.

William doesn't need them to show up every day, just a certain afternoon or evening every week, and about ten students can show up at the Gray Matter Center at the same time, which is enough to make their current production capacity run at full capacity.

Of course, William also considered the possibility that these senior students were idiots—for this reason, he referred to the management methods of later generations of enterprises, not only spent a lot of time writing detailed procedures for his own industrialized recipes, but also Actions are standardized and quantified to g in each link.

"Neville burned out the cauldron, should he try a stirred kettle?"

William is quite confident about this.

The thin bottom of the crucible is not the main problem that plagues the potionists. The materials of those cheap crucibles cannot withstand scrutiny-but the wizarding world has not formulated a reasonable standard for the crucible industry, so when the wizards choose the crucible, they have to use William's criteria for picking watermelons in his previous life were basically similar.

Knock twice, if the sound is dull, it means that the porcelain is solid.

"Although most of them don't have any commendable talents in potions, being like you will only make them lazy to think. Anyway, they only need to be proficient in the parts they are familiar with, and they can get out of the potion." Medicine."

Snape retorted William.

He is generalizing.

But this was exactly the way Snape felt threatened. He had already foreseen what would happen if students were trained according to the potion assembly line envisioned by William.

Those stupid guys naturally don't understand what each formula does, and they don't understand the precise craftsmanship of this potion configuration. They really only need to deal with materials stupidly, wave their wands, and pray that the potions in the pot will It took effect - but even such a wizard, after forming a "production line", the potion produced would beat the works of most potion masters.

Because its labor cost is too low!
Potion masters can be regarded as one of the wealthiest professions in the wizarding world, perhaps second only to landlords, landowners, and usurers.The reason is that in order to brew a potion, the potion master needs to spend a lot of time and participate in the whole process.

The more difficult the potion the more so.

"In this way, we can save the energy of those who are really gifted and let them specialize in pharmacology and develop new drugs, can't we? On top of NEWTs, why can't we continue to introduce a level as continuing education?"

William's words made Snape's eyes light up.

In the final analysis, Hogwarts is nothing more than a school combining junior high school and high school, and it can already be regarded as the highest school in the wizarding world.In fact, having a NEWTs-level certificate does not mean that he is a good wizard-at best, it can only be said to be a pass, or barely passable.

"A potionist can really become a job...to explore the possibilities of potions, instead of repeatedly brewing those boring potions day after day. I think you will be more interested in such a future?"

William believed he could persuade Snape, because as a potions master he could appreciate that kind of future.

"I will consider."

Snape replied with a rare serious nod.He pushed open the door, and quickly left Nymph's secret, walking towards the castle.

"Dear Mr. Buffalo, the rooms of the Flint family and the Yaxley family have been handed over. Maybe you want to go there and see for yourself?"

The house elf Lalo reported in a low voice that his face looked a bit ugly, but William didn't notice.

"of course."

Although he was a little surprised by the efficiency of these two families, he decided to go to Diagon Alley.

(End of this chapter)