[HPforGrownups] (long) Re: Schools all around

[ABoyko at starchoice.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 6090


> From:	Rita Winston [SMTP:catlady at wicca.net]
> 
> I believe they founded four Hogwarts-inspired schools, one each in 
> New England, the South, the Midwest, and California. (I think English 
> speaking Canadian students go to the schools in USA.) The New England 
> school IS named New Hogwarts (and might be wittily located in Salem 
> MA, altho' I suspected Levettown NJ) even tho' it wasn't named by 
> Puritans. The California school may be named Hogwest (and is said to 
> be located in the Northern California redwood forest, altho' I 
> suspected the vast suburban sprawl of the San Fernando Valley). The 
> recent success of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL suggests 
> that the Southern school might be in Savannah GA and I have no idea 
> of its name. ("Southern School of Sorcery in Savannah" would 
> alliterate.) I have even less idea of the Midwestern school.
> 
> 
> 
	I don't agree that English speaking Canadians would be going to a US
school. While our school system is similar to the US, most Canadians would
feel more comfortable going to Hogwarts, culturally speaking. Canada and the
US may share a continent (with Mexico), but they are not the same country at
all. We Canadians are still part of the Commonwealth and we strive mightily
to promote ourselves as our own country, with our own history and culture.

	Sure, our most common form of displaying our patriotism may be
through beer commercials, but we're Canadian and proud of it. :-)

	During the last referendum on whether or not Quebec was going to
declare independence, there was a lot of discussion of what would happen to
Atlantic Canada, where I reside. Geographically speaking, we would have been
cut off from the rest of Canada. The consensus? If we had to align ourselves
with a country other than Canada, it would have been Britain. We share more
of a British mindset than an American.   
>  
	I think the Canadian Anglophone version of Hogwarts would be in
northern Ontario, myself. It's isolated and sparsely populated enough to
make it easier to conceal. I admit my memory of Canadian history isn't
perfect, but Ontario makes more sense as a British stronghold. The Canadian
Draco Malfoy would definitely be from Toronto.

	I do agree with Sheryll that Nouveauxbatons could be in northern
Quebec. And I think they have some ripping Quidditch matches with  New
Hogwarts and HogsYork.

	Angela