Professor McGonagall's attitude toward Potter and the Weasley twins being banned from Quidditch for life by the toad left quite a few people dumbfounded.
Everyone had thought Professor McGonagall would do something. No one had expected her to pretend she had seen nothing.
In truth, even if Professor McGonagall had wanted to do something, what could she have done?
Dolores Umbridge had already used the Ministry of Magic's Educational Decrees to strip Hogwarts professors of most of their authority. Were they supposed to run to Dumbledore every time there was a problem?
Would that really have helped?
It would simply have wasted Dumbledore's time and energy.
After Professor McGonagall gave up, the other professors quickly caught the signal and began washing their hands of everything too. The only thing they could do now was fulfill their duty of teaching students.
As for everything else, it had nothing to do with the professors.
Umbridge would be gone next term anyway, so they might as well let her make a mess for now. Even if they wanted to stop her, they had no way to do so.
They could hardly break the Ministry of Magic's laws.
At the end of the day, they were only professors.
Anyone with a problem could go to Umbridge, go to Dumbledore, or write to the Ministry of Magic.
On the night the Gryffindor team defeated the Slytherin team, Hogwarts Castle underwent earth-shaking changes.
"When do you think Hogwarts will finally..." George raised a hand, spread his fingers, and made an exploding gesture.
Yesterday, the Weasley twins had sold another huge batch of amusing products. Ever since Professor McGonagall had stopped caring, Hogwarts Castle had become increasingly lively.
"When will the toad give everyone a collective detention?"
Fred was looking forward to that day. He believed things