Chapter 170 168. Halloween
Halloween in the carriage before, although Hagrid would not find a place to stop the carriage to hold the banquet like the opening dinner and Christmas dinner, but in the restaurant, the professors would still make festive decorations.
At this dinner, the students will prepare a big meal, and every professor will carry a lot of candy with them, and whenever a student passes by them, they will grab a handful from their pockets Candy was stuffed into the children's hands.
Now even if the adults are gone, Jon doesn't intend to simplify the celebration of this festival.
The more they have to rely on themselves to unite, the more important is the sense of ritual that has not changed from the past.
In the early morning of Halloween, the senior students in grades four and five were organized, and they began to arrange the decorations on the deck.
After a collective vote the day before, everyone excitedly expressed that they would change the location of this year's holiday dinner to the open-air deck.
Many students who were originally seasick have begun to adapt slowly. The ocean, which was rarely touched before, aroused the novelty of almost everyone.
They celebrated dinner together on the beach by the sea, but they have never spent such a festival on the sea.
As the evening approached, everything on the deck had been tidied up, and the weather today was also very good. Although it started to feel a bit cold in winter, there were no major storms.
Several long tables in the dining room were moved out of the cabin, surrounded by bats transformed by transfiguration techniques around their heads, pumpkin lanterns hanging on the mast, candlesticks floating in mid-air, accompanied by the soft sound of waves , These students of Hogwarts have gradually escaped from the uneasiness of not being protected by the professors.
Especially after Jon informed everyone of their exact location now, this undoubtedly calmed down a lot of people who were clearly agitated before.
But in the same way, after solving the existing position problem, Jon did not forget that as students, they have to take the initiative to take on the tasks and responsibilities even if the professor is not around.
Before the start of the Halloween dinner, Jon, as the captain, began to assign tasks for everyone on the ship in the following days.
"For our safety, the professors sent us overseas. They definitely didn't want to see us on the boat all day long, only knowing to eat, drink and have fun. If we are really that kind of people, we are not worthy of being their students. That's how they protect."
Jon's words are harsh, he knows that if he wants to be truly responsible to everyone here, he can't always show a gentle attitude.
Even in the carriage, strict professors like Professor McGonagall and Lily are still needed to restrain these children who have not grown up. Their nature is playful.
Even if they know that the current situation is imminent, they may not be able to do anything. It is obviously wrong to do nothing like this, but without supervision and control, they will still subconsciously be lazy in their hearts and find an excuse for themselves to be lazy.
So under such circumstances, Jon is required to assume the same role as Professor McGonagall and Lily.
Some of the students who were already obsessed with living a happy life these days without having to go to class or do homework could not help but bow their heads in shame at this time.
However, some students expressed doubts about his words.
The question was asked by a fifth grade student, George and Fred's best friend—Lee Jordan.
Jon could see that he wasn't trying to find any excuse to be lazy, but that he really didn't know what to do.
"It is indeed not easy to teach students in the fourth and fifth grades, but the courses to be learned from the first to third grades are not too advanced."
Jon looked at all the students and said.
"No matter what, we can't stay on the boat with nothing to do. That's a waste of our own potential and time, and these are what the professors have won with their lives."
"The library in the cabin is completely open, and the senior students have already got the textbooks you will study this year. Without the guidance of the professor, you can spare time to study by yourself."
"At the same time, after tonight, I will make a schedule with George Neville and others for the next period of time at sea. The older students will take on more responsibilities to take care of the younger ones. You must not only study by yourself, but also Then allocate time to teach students in the third grade and below."
"All the students in the fourth grade are responsible for the courses of the third grade students, and the fifth grade students are divided into two parts, teaching the first grade and the second grade respectively."
"You are all promoted from the lower grades, and you all know the specific courses, and how to prepare lessons can be discussed together. Although we are not as experienced and knowledgeable as the professors, our people If there are enough people, there will always be a better way to solve the problem.”
No one objected to what Jon said.
Among the students, there are some students who need external supervision to be willing to work hard. There are also many students like Hermione who are enthusiastic and motivated about learning. Even without Jon's arrangement today, they would take the initiative to propose this matter. thing.
The professors set an example on the carriage, so that these students know what it means to take responsibility. The older ones take care of the younger ones. Although it will make the fourth and fifth grade students much busier than others, it also makes them feel that this As it should be.
After finalizing the tasks of all the students on board, Jon didn't have any more long speeches, and soon announced the start of the dinner.
Everyone had a great time at the dinner, and while the banquet was in progress, someone suddenly saw a small light white dot faintly on the surface of a dark sea.
Soon many more people noticed the little white dot.
Because it was too eye-catching in the darkness, Jon was also looking at the white spot, it must be a luminous body, otherwise it would not be so conspicuous in the dark night.
And soon, the white dot was getting closer and bigger in the field of vision of these Hogwarts students.
Within a few minutes, almost everyone saw clearly what that thing was.
It's a boat too!
A pirate ship that is similar to Hogwarts, shouldn't appear on the surface of modern seas at all, and has a faint fluorescent light all over its body, which looks transparent and illusory!
(end of this chapter)