The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Gilderoy, we must check carefully and make sure there are no omissions!" Professor Flitwick warned. Every year during the O.WL and N.E.W.T. exams, there are always a few little wizards trying to fish in troubled waters and cheating through various special means.

The reason why cheating in magical exams continues to be banned is that the punishment for cheaters is not strong enough. A young wizard who is caught cheating will only have his results in that subject revoked, and he can continue to take the exam. If a Muggle is caught cheating in the college entrance examination, the results of all stages and subjects of the exam he signed up for will be invalid, and he will be suspended from participating in the exam for one to three years. If you use special equipment for sex illegally, you may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or surveillance.

The intensity of punishment between the two is vastly different.

Even better, grades for each subject in the wizarding world are calculated independently. If the Muggles' scores in a course are cancelled, then the exam will be useless - others have a perfect score of 750, and you have a perfect score of 600, so it's a bad test. The magic world is different. If your History of Magic grade has been cancelled, cancel it and just find a job in the future that does not require a History of Magic certificate.

However, so far, no little wizard at Hogwarts has been caught cheating in the exam room, because the anti-cheating methods of Hogwarts professors are extremely good, and the little wizards were caught before they even started cheating. There is no chance of anyone slipping through the net. This can only be called an attempted cheating, and the dean will give him a hard look and confiscate the crime tools.

The anti-cheating method is also very simple: little wizards are prohibited from using their own quills and ink during exams.

It’s that simple and crude! But it works great.

Without electronic equipment, if you want to cheat, you can only work hard with ink and quills - as for the remaining options, potions, entrainments and amulets, the professors have never paid attention to them.

Potion? There is a high probability that it will only bring psychological implications and food poisoning. Bringing a cheat sheet? This can be solved by just "flying around" before entering the field. As for the amulet, is there really anything that can protect the wizard? Promoting metaphysics in the wizarding world always feels like transporting coal from Inner Mongolia and selling it to Shanxi.

Flitwick stood in front of the students and took out his wand: "Children, take out your quills and ink. Memory balls are not allowed into the examination room. I would also like to remind you that every The O.W.L.s. papers are all covered with extremely strict anti-cheating spells that even I can’t break.”

The last sentence is a lie. Of course Professor Flitwick can decipher it, he just needs to get some movement.

Some young wizards moved and gave Professor Flitwick their quills and ink bottles. Professor Flitwick didn't even bother to look. He could guess it with his fingernails. These were quill pens and ink which were mature stationery and he could answer the questions himself.

How fragile is the trust between people?

[Did you see the TV remote control? 】

【without】

[Move your butt! 】

How fragile is the trust between wizards?

"Handed them all in?"

"Hand it in."

"Fly around!" Professor Flitwick broke the trust between wizards and used the flying spell to find several novel exam cheating props: an improved cheat sheet loose-leaf sleeve that can be searched by keywords; Motion copying bracelet - can copy the hand movements of a classmate; telescope - can see further...

Professor Flitwick put away these things one by one with an expressionless face, and then deducted points from the corresponding college according to the student status of their owners, and placed them in wholesale confinement. After finishing all this, it was time for the exam.

At this time, the auditorium had been rearranged, and the long tables of the four major colleges had been replaced by small single tables with quills, ink bottles, and rolls of parchment on them. Professor McGonagall stood on the staff bench with a huge hourglass in her hand. The little wizards walked into the auditorium obediently, found their seats and sat down. When the last little wizard took his seat, Professor McGonagall turned the hourglass over.

"You can start answering the questions."

Outside the auditorium, Professor Flitwick fiddled with the confiscated items and sighed: "These cheating toys are really getting more and more creative! Especially the inventor of the motion replicating bracelet, he is really a genius! He can actually come up with this Plant ideas.”

The O.W.Ls. and N.E.W.T. exams are held at the same time and share the same exam venue. The two exams last for a total of two weeks.

The first week is: Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Ancient Runes. Most of these subjects have written exams in the morning and practical exams in the afternoon.

The second week is Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Astronomy, Divination or Arithmancy and History of Magic. The practical exam for astronomy is in the evening.

The fifth- and seventh-grade students taught by Tom performed normally and achieved results proportional to their efforts.

Everything is getting better!

On the afternoon after the History of Magic exams ended, Hogwarts was filled with excitement. The fifth and seventh grade students, who had been relieved of their heavy burdens, began to celebrate wildly, completely ignoring the fact that the young wizards in other grades were still studying hard.

They just want to vent their stress!

On this crazy night, Professor Lockhart, who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts, knocked on Dumbledore's office door...

The next day is Saturday. During breakfast time, Professor Lockhart's seat on the staff table was empty again, but the young wizards had long been accustomed to it: Professor Lockhart had skipped breakfast many times this school year, which was very normal.

The unusual thing was that Professor Dumbledore stood up after the seats in the auditorium were almost occupied. Professor McGonagall next to him tapped the goblet with a silver spoon to calm everyone down.

"To all students and staff at Hogwarts, I'm sorry to disturb you while you are eating, but I need to announce this sad news to you before you go back to sleep."

The little wizards stopped swallowing and looked at Professor Dumbledore quietly, waiting for his next words.

"Our dear Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, left us last night—"

The little wizards were stunned for a moment, and many of them didn't react: What's going on? How come Professor Lockhart was still alive and kicking yesterday morning and went to see Merlin this morning?

Not only the students, but also the professors on the faculty were shocked: I haven’t stayed for a full year! Can the curse start earlier?

Even some little witches were on the verge of tears. Fortunately, Dumbledore did not pause for a long time:

"-He submitted his resignation letter to me last night and has now left Hogwarts."

Although this sentence was not as scary as the previous sentence, it was still powerful enough. When the little wizards heard the news, they almost jumped out of bed in shock.