"…Hogwarts' full-time boarding system has severed the imprint of the original family…"

"After long and careful consideration, I believe it is necessary for us to value the absence of the family link in students' growth…"

"While the dormitories in each house are unified, they should also be personalized. Room checks are not merely tours, but more importantly, fine-tuning down to the ‘individual’."

"On the other hand, adolescents are often particularly sensitive, and home-school collaboration must fully consider students' feelings. I hope that before allowing parents to enter student dormitories for 'room checks,' the heads of houses will give everyone some time to tidy up, so as to avoid unnecessary resistance and parent-child conflict…"

Professor Flitwick recalled Dumbledore's comments on the "magic teaching plan" and glanced around at some of the little wizards who were still bewildered, blinking quickly.

"You only have half an hour, and I think everyone wants their parents to see a clean and tidy personal bed—alright, hurry up!"

The prefects and castle administrators of Hogwarts do not check personal beds, so most little wizards choose to hide 'contraband' in their own beds.

Generally speaking, some boys who like to read will hide study materials under their pillows, while girls will secretly stuff toys into boxes under their beds.

Of course, some other little wizards may hide even more outrageous things—

Such as Acromantula spiderlings, tons of magical fireworks…

Sure enough, with Professor Flitwick's almost explicit reminder, almost all the little wizards' faces changed.

Before the parents could react, the students in the common room scattered in an instant, rushing towards their respective dormitories like startled rabbits.

In less than two minutes, only Professor Flitwick and a group of parents with strange expressions were left facing each other in the Ravenclaw common room.

They, too, had been through restless and rebellious youth, so they could naturally vaguely guess what the children were in a hurry about…

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"Well, it seems the kids have quite a few secrets—"

Mrs. Streep shrugged, flipping through her daughter's magic books and glancing at her husband beside her, and said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, when I was Meryl's age, my bed was full of love letters from other boys. Someone was jealous for a long time back then—"

"Meryl's bed shouldn't have any love letters," Mr. Streep pretended not to hear the second half of the sentence and analyzed seriously, "after all, everyone knows she's engaged now—"

"Oh, so that's the reason why someone 'accidentally' lost most of my letters under the pretext of helping me pack when I graduated?"

Mrs. Streep snorted softly, muttering in dissatisfaction.

Her voice was very soft, only Mr. Streep could hear it. Mr. Streep grinned a little guiltily.

"By the way, speaking of which—Mrs. Streep…"

Just then, a witch coughed lightly and walked over to Mrs. Streep, sitting down while lifting her skirt.

"Miss Streep's fiancé is a Weasley boy, right? After you've met them, what do you think of them—the Weasley couple or the other children?"

"Um, you are—"

Mrs. Streep turned her head in confusion, looking at the strange witch who had taken the initiative to come over.

"O'Connor, O'Connor Criwatt… I'm Penelope's mother."

Mrs. Criwatt raised the magic book in her hand towards her, "I heard Penelope say that Miss Streep helped her a lot in the house."

"Oh, I heard Meryl mention it—that child should be the female prefect of Ravenclaw House now?"

Mrs. Streep's wary look immediately softened, and she nodded with a smile.

"That's how it should be, after all, Miss Criwatt is Meryl's 'sister'—"

Gu Kan/s In each house, the inheritance relationship between prefects is the closest and most intimate…

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Because prefects often jointly maintain house order across grades.

Especially in Ravenclaw House, the lower-grade female prefects will call the upper-grade female prefects sisters, forming a wonderful relationship similar to the support and care of seniors and juniors.

"As for the Weasley couple, they are very friendly. Although they have a lot of children, each one is unexpectedly outstanding—what's wrong?"

"Well, actually…"

Mrs. Criwatt hesitated for a few seconds and sighed helplessly.

"My Penelope also seems to be fascinated by a Weasley, Percy Weasley, the Gryffindor prefect in her year."

"Percy Weasley? That's an excellent student who even the Ministry of Magic is paying extra attention to—"

Another voice interjected, and the two turned their heads to see a witch with chestnut wavy hair and gold-rimmed glasses eagerly approaching.

"Mrs. Aikemov? Have you gotten any special news again?"

Mrs. Streep's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she turned her head and asked curiously with a smile.

In fact, she didn't really like this somewhat boisterous witch who liked to inquire and spread gossip everywhere.

But it must be admitted that as an employee of the Floo Network Office, Mrs. Aikemov did have a convenience in terms of access to information that most wizards did not have.

"You should also know that a lot of new journals have been added to the wizarding world in the past two years, including those rapidly rising publications like *Into Magic* and *Potions*."

"Yes, of course—and that editor-in-chief is right over there."

Mrs. Streep nodded and glanced at Xenophilius, who was sitting in the corner not far away.

"So, what does all this have to do with Percy Weasley… Could it be that Mr. Weasley is going to work for a magazine after graduation?"

"Of course not—you've heard the professors say it, right? The employment situation in the wizarding world may become more and more severe in the next few years."

Mrs. Aikemov waved her hand, slightly…

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…paused slightly, her eyes inadvertently scanning the surroundings.

Along with her voice, most of the parents who were chatting and flipping through student books slowed down their movements slightly, apparently eavesdropping on their conversation.

"However, the Hogwarts professors didn't finish some things, such as some brand new evaluation criteria—"

"In fact, the Ministry of Magic also believes that exam results alone can hardly comprehensively reflect a wizard's excellence. That's more like a certificate of qualification… right? Therefore, the Ministry of Magic will gradually introduce some new dimensions as a reference in the future…"

"New dimensions?" Mrs. Criwatt repeated with some confusion.

"Well, I heard that the Ministry plans to incorporate the number of papers people publish in journals, as well as the type of journals, into the evaluation criteria."

Mrs. Aikemov raised her finger and said softly, unhurriedly, she particularly enjoyed this feeling of being the center of attention.

"Those bigwigs are temporarily calling it the 'Impact Factor,' and it seems there's a special calculation method."

"And as far as I know, that Percy Weasley's score is particularly high…"

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