[HPforGrownups] Re: A Hogwarts education, was "Mad-Eye Moody" - Character Sketch (long)

[Pam Hugonnet]

No: HPFGUIDX 6199



Joywitch wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, atelecky at m... wrote:
>
> > Incidentally, I haven't ever seen any evidence of any education in
> > music or art at Hogwarts--nothing like a band or an orchestra.
> > Dumbledore apparently likes chamber music; you would think he would
> > encourage music learning at his own school [snip]
> > Not much of a thread, but can anyone think of some other things
> > Hogwarts might be lacking in? Right now its a bit of a one-
> dimensional
> > school--there's no philosophy or literature-- I suppose magic takes
> > the place of science classes, and Hermione is taking Arithmancy, so
> I
> > guess there's some version of math in the magical world?
>
> JKR has said that some of the traditional muggle subjects are studied
> in the elective Muggles Studies classes, and the students certainly
> do a lot of writing in all their classes.  But it is true that the
> way Hogwarts is structured that the students do seem to be missing
> out on a lot of subjects that would be useful in both the magical and
> muggle worlds.  In particular, I have wondered about the lack of
> music, and also sports other than the official House quidditch
> teams.  And shouldnt students like Dean Thomas, who are good at
> drawing, get some opportunity to get more artistic training?

I've been thinking that Hogwarts really seems to best fit the model of a
technical school (or specialty school) or even a graduate school, rather
than a traditional secondary school.  You know, a program in which the focus
is on developing or honing or training for a special skill--in this case
magic.   But this makes me wonder even more about the primary education
system in the wizard world; the curriculae must be staggering.  We know that
students at Hogwarts are required to do a great deal of writing and to tacke
some pretty hefty mathematics in classes like Astronomy and Divinations.  I
seriously doubt that I would have been up to such challenges at 11, 12 or 13
years old.

Perhaps subjects like mathematics and grammar and so forth are integrated
into the curriculum.  Like the first few terms of Astronomy are spent
learning the necessary calculation skills...

I hate to think that one day Harry might meet his downfall in Harry Potter
and the Difficult Geometric Proof or the Undiagramable Sentence.

drpam