Wizard education of standard subjects

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: Wizard education of standard subjects
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7022] Re: Wizard population/education
Date: 8/18/00 1:22 am  (ET)

By: flying_ford_anglia
Date: 8/16/00 7:53 pm

<<In the very first book, Neville said his family was afraid he wasn't
magic enough to get admitted to Hogwarts. >>

Yes, and Ron mentions a second cousin of his mothers who may be an
accountant "but no one ever talk about him."

We've also not resolved the problem of non-magical topics being absent
from the Hogwarts' curriculum. Potions is great, but how much Chemistry
is taught? Charms is fun, but not if you can't spell...

Well, I dont think they learn much chemistry or math beyond basic
math. Potions is their chemistry and History of magic is their
history. My question is where do they go to school __prior__ to attending
hogwarts. Everyone arrives at hogwarts knowing how to read, write and,
apparently, do math at a level something equivalent to what we would
expect an 11 year old to know. Perhaps they are taught to read better
than the average English 11 year old (we won't even discuss the average
american 11 year old.)

 Certainly, there aren't additional classes in the subjects that we're
 aware of, but perhaps students who can't continue to progress on their
 own take some sort of tutoring classes in reading. Also, the students
 seem to write a number of essays. those essays are probably corrected
 for spelling and grammar and that's how they continue their english
 education.

vicki