My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 477, Section 474: Moral Education Lesson

"Although he comes from a pure-blood family, he has spent many years in the Muggle world and has no prejudice against Muggles. He also knows a lot about technology and history, and he is of good character and honest. He is the perfect candidate for moral education."

Lynn turned to Hermione: "Have you already taken his class?"

Hermione shook her head: "No, we have Professor Fox's class this afternoon."

"Then you can look forward to it. I've always thought Professor Fox's classes are very interesting, even though he's always said that he wasn't interested in being a professor during his time as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Hermione was indeed looking forward to Professor Fox's class.

Not only because Lynn often mentioned him to her, Hermione had also gone through thick and thin with Fawkes and Lynn on the island, so she naturally felt closer to him.

In the afternoon, the first wizarding ethics class for the fourth-year students of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff began as scheduled.

Fox walked into the classroom wearing his ever-present trench coat, carrying nothing but a wand.

The students didn't bring any textbooks other than their wands, because there were no formal textbooks for this class, and Fox hadn't asked them to bring anything to class beforehand.

After the routine roll call before class, Fox looked at the students below and said with a smile.

"You are all fourth-grade students, most of you are 15 years old, so you have basically formed your own set of ideas and values. At this point, it seems a bit late to conduct moral education for you."

Although our class was a compulsory course at Hogwarts, it was not included in the wizarding assessments at each level. Professor Dumbledore originally wanted to set up a moral character reward system in the school, but he eventually canceled it after my persuasion.

Because I believe that as long as the law is not violated, a person's character cannot be judged in any way, since everyone's moral compass is different.

Therefore, there will be no exams in this class, including a final exam. I will not assign any homework. You can even treat this class as a simple fireside gathering, where you can speak freely, except there's no fireplace or beer, just a quiet classroom and this nagging old man.

Fox's opening remarks elicited a burst of cheerful laughter from the classroom.

After hearing his words, the students relaxed involuntarily. Since there was no pressure from exams and homework, they naturally didn't need to be tense during class.

"I'm sure some people will be questioning this point: if there's no homework or exam, what's the point of this class?" Fox smiled as he looked at the students below.

His voice was very magnetic, unlike Moody's rough and hoarse voice, and every word he spoke could attract the attention of the young wizards.

"I was very excited when I first received the news that Hogwarts was going to offer this course and that I would be the first professor of it."

In all my years of traveling the world, I have visited many magic schools, including the seven most famous magic schools in the world, but none of them have offered to teach children like you any knowledge other than magic.

Some might say, since we're a magic school, we should be learning magic, right? Shouldn't we be learning other things besides magic?

This statement is entirely correct. Magic schools should naturally teach magic first, but that is not all that a school should teach.

Education is not just about teaching children knowledge; what you need to be taught more is the principles of being a person and doing things, and the morality that everyone should have in their hearts.

I am delighted that Hogwarts is the first magical school to recognize this and incorporate moral values ​​into its daily education.

Before this, in the magical world, these things and principles were basically the responsibility of family education. Most parents would instill the right ideas in you, but it is undeniable that some parents themselves had shortcomings in their own ideological education. When educating you, they inevitably influenced you with these bad habits and ideas.

Of course, everyone has their own set of principles for living and doing things. I cannot assume that all ideas that disagree with me are wrong. You can treat this lesson as a story lesson and a social practice lesson. Many people can talk about big principles, but if you want to truly understand these principles, you still have to experience them yourself.

Therefore, in moral education classes, I will not instill those boring principles in you. Our courses will basically be divided into two types.

The first type is a debate class. Normally, in the classroom, I will give you a topic, and you can decide on the positive and negative sides according to your own thoughts, and then freely express your views to debate. I will also participate and express my own views. Of course, my views are not necessarily correct, so there are no judges or winners in our class debates. However, I will maintain order, and the final result depends on which side you agree with more or which side you think is correct.

The second type is practical classes. There probably won't be many of these, since Hogwarts is a boarding school of magic. I asked Professor Dumbledore for a day to personally take you out of the castle for your classes, without taking up your rest time. This put him in a difficult position. However, he ultimately generously agreed to my request and allocated five days per year for each year so I could take you out of the castle for practical classes.

Fox's words excited the students even more.

Based on his long speech alone, they developed an immense interest in the course.

Classes consist of debates, and there are opportunities to leave the castle and play all day. More importantly, it doesn't take up extracurricular time. Is there any better course in the world?

"What kind of things do we usually do outside during our practical classes?" a student asked excitedly, raising their hand.

"Of course, it's about doing something relaxing and enjoyable. You can think of the practical class outings as a group picnic, which will be a very interesting experience in your lives."

Fox said with a smile, then clapped his hands.

"Alright, I've finished what I needed to say at the beginning. Now we're going to begin our first lesson. This lesson will, unsurprisingly, be a debate. Because of the students' ages, I've given different topics for each grade. So, your first debate topic for fourth graders is—Are wizards and Muggles considered the same kind of people?"

(End of this chapter)