chsdbacks Chapter 324 Lessons of Winning and Losing! New Rules for 3 College Awards!
Chapter 324 Lessons of Winning and Losing! New Rules for 3 College Awards!
No sooner had Dumbledore finished speaking than Dudley, who had specially chosen to dine at the faculty and staff table, stood up and spoke amidst another round of applause from the students.
Moreover, Dudley's words were more down-to-earth, more emotionally charged, and more aggressive than Dumbledore's.
"Even though every house got scores far higher than in previous years, why aren't you smiling? Are you like Professor Snape, just naturally averse to smiling?"
Dudley didn't follow Dumbledore's earlier request to directly explain the new rules they had agreed on; instead, he started with a slightly sarcastic reprimand.
Upon hearing this, the students in the audience not only didn't laugh, but even stopped applauding.
As expected of the sharp-tongued and venomous Dursley teaching assistant, he caught them completely off guard right from the start.
Everyone looked at each other, somewhat at a loss.
Snape, who was sitting somewhere in the faculty and staff seating area, had been in a good mood, but his brows furrowed again and his face darkened once more.
The auditorium fell silent for a moment, and the atmosphere became awkward.
Keda didn't care about the awkwardness. He scanned the room with his sharp eyes and continued:
"Do you think that the question I just asked is obvious and self-evident because you are not answering?"
Gryffindor House ranked last and felt that it had lost face by being outdone by the other houses?
Hufflepuff, which consistently ranks third or fourth, felt that this result was neither something to be happy about nor something to be sad about, so they remained silent as a matter of course.
Slytherin is used to being number one, and now that they're number two, they don't think this result is anything to be too happy about.
Finally, Ravenclaw, you came in first place, yet you feel your victory was underwhelming, a fluke, and you still want to maintain your image of wisdom, so you choose to express your joy with restraint?
Dali laid bare the mindset of the students from the four colleges.
The students' expressions gradually became awkward, as if they were saying:
You already know, so why are you asking? Besides, there's nothing wrong with these reactions, is there?
Does a strong position that motivates them to improve their skills and courage, and emphasize the importance of victory, mean that the Dursley assistant coach is going to follow in the footsteps of Headmaster Dumbledore and say things like "friendship first, competition second"?
They're saying they're going to reform the college award evaluation rules, but are they going to change them in a way that pleases all four colleges?
Dali has an extremely strong ability to analyze micro-expressions; he can discern people's thoughts without needing to use mind control techniques.
But it's clear that he can't play the "you're all good" game that some students speculated about.
He smiled slightly, his tone softening:
"I'm not saying your reaction is wrong, nor am I saying that you shouldn't have these thoughts, and I'm certainly not telling you not to value winning or losing."
Everyone knows that winning is important, and everyone wants to win, and wants to keep winning.
But... no one can always win. You can't do it, I can't do it, all the professors can't do it, and even someone as great as Headmaster Dumbledore... he couldn't do it!
We will all lose sometimes, and it's normal to feel unhappy when we lose.
But when faced with defeat, we cannot remain unhappy. Instead, we should see the winning aspects in the defeat, the experience and improvement, and accumulate new strength for future victories.
Back then, when I and several professors lost to that dark wizard from the East—Ghost Cultivator Mo Xuan, I was furious and extremely unhappy.
But soon, I thought about the parts where my side would win.
We depleted the enemy's lifespan, wiped out all the souls they had previously plundered, greatly weakened their power, and also saw our weakness in mental magic, recognizing our shortcomings.
I quickly became energized.
The same principle applies today, to all of you, and it applies even more.
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin, you three houses didn't get the House Award today, you didn't rank first, that's where you lost.
But your points of victory are also obvious!
The most obvious point is that the college points are far higher than in previous years. As you all know, Headmaster Dumbledore just reminded you of this, but instead of being excited, you seem indifferent and only focus on the failure in the rankings.
Thinking and acting this way, regardless of whether it's fair to others, is first and foremost a betrayal of your own efforts over the past year!
Getting first place is indeed very important, but now that first place has already gone to someone else, you need to learn to recognize your own progress!
Furthermore, the one who defeated you was not an evil dark wizard, but your fellow alumni from the same school. The fact that students from all four houses scored so high indicates that everyone has made significant progress this year, which is equivalent to a significant improvement in Hogwarts as a whole.
Our strength has increased, shouldn't we be slightly happy about that?
The fact that students from other colleges have improved means that the competitors you will be chasing have become stronger, which will naturally have a stronger motivating and training effect on you. Isn't that something to be a little excited about?
The scores of the four colleges are very close, especially when all scores are high. Does this mean that the four colleges are now basically on par and have all become very good?
Have most of the negative labels that others have previously attached to the four houses, especially the three houses other than Slytherin, been removed?
Who dares to say that Hufflepuff is mediocre, that Gryffindor only causes trouble and loses points, and that Ravenclaw's intelligence is never as good as Slytherin's?
As for Slytherin, the world's impression of you is also changing. Although this is not reflected in the house grades, the wizarding world knows that you are no longer simply a gathering place for bad seeds who consider themselves noble.
Isn't this something to be a little happy about?
So, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin, you three houses can be disappointed after losing, but you shouldn't be disappointed for too long.
Today's failure won't kill you. The future is long, so you need to quickly get back on track and start again!
As for Ravenclaw, a win is a win, and when you win, you should laugh heartily and express your joy. Smart people can be proud, as long as they don't get carried away.
Do you understand?
After Dudley finished speaking, the Hogwarts students, who had undergone more than half a year of ideological education and reform, basically understood what Dudley meant.
In short, strive for victory, but don't dwell on failure. Instead, look at your failure from multiple perspectives and comprehensively, using the successful aspects to encourage yourself and get out of the shadow of failure as soon as possible.
Treat failure as resources to build strength for future success.
"Understood, Assistant Professor Dursley!"
Having figured this out, the students from the four academies answered loudly at almost the same time.
Their tone was firm, and their expressions showed a renewed sense of identity with themselves, their school, and Hogwarts as a whole.
An invisible force of love emanated from the building and was absorbed by the flags symbolizing the four colleges hanging on the wall behind the faculty and staff seating area.
Sensing this, Dali smiled with slight relief.
Then, he got to the point and spoke in a firm and powerful tone:
"Next, I will introduce the new rules for the college award evaluation that will be implemented starting from the next academic year!"
First, add a score for ideological assessment.
Similar to the tests required to enter my class, at the end of each academic year, the department cap will conduct a unified test for all students in the school, with each person's score ranging from 5 points to 5 points.
The more a score meets the four testing criteria, the closer it is to adding 5 points; the less a score meets the four criteria, the closer it is to subtracting 5 points.
Finally, the sum of the total scores of all students in each college is calculated and included in the college award score for each college.
Second, add a score for the degree of progress.
At the end of each academic year, all professors teaching multiple grades must determine whether each student has improved, regressed, or remained stagnant compared to the previous year, based on each student's classroom performance and final exam scores.
If you improve in any subject, you get 1 point; if you stay in the same subject, you get neither 1 point nor 1 point; if you regress, you get 1 point deducted.
Similarly, the final total score for each student in each college is calculated and included in the college award evaluation.
In this way, in addition to flight courses only for first-year students, there are also short-term Apparition training courses only for sixth and seventh-year students...
From second grade to the normal graduation year of seventh grade, including the courses taught by me and the portrait of Headmaster Dumbledore, each student can earn a maximum of 9 points of improvement in compulsory courses per academic year.
Starting from the third grade, students can take elective courses. From the fourth grade until the end of the seventh grade when they graduate normally, students who take the same elective courses consecutively can earn a maximum of 5 elective course improvement points per academic year.
Third, the scoring system in the Trial Space has become the norm.
This is what I've been doing these past two days.
At the end of each academic year, points will be awarded based on the scores on the Trial Space leaderboard.
Every student still enrolled at Hogwarts and within the normal graduation period will receive up to 5 bonus points each academic year based on their performance on the Trials of Assignments list; no points will be deducted from this program.