[HPforGrownups] Re: A Hogwarts education

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 6212

Magical education almost seems like a sneaky way to keep wizards and witches
segregated from Muggle society.  They fix it so that no magical child has
enough skills to get a well-paying job in the "outside" world.  A child with
nothing but a magical education would be computer-illiterate, incapable of
making change for muggle money, have no valid driver's license, be unable to
provide previous work references or school records, etc etc etc...
Essentially unemployable in the Muggle communities.

I can almost understand Arthur Weasley's complete ineptitude when it comes
to dealing with the Muggle world.  Someone like Harry or Hermione, who spend
a great deal of time in muggle society, would seem to have a definite
advantage finding work in either world after they leave school.



-----Original Message-----
From: milz [mailto:absinthe at mad.scientist.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:51 AM
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Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: A Hogwarts education, was "Mad-Eye Moody" -
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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> 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?  Oh
> well, we cant expect JKR to think of everything!
>
> --Joywitch

I've wondered if they take courses such as mathematics at Hogwarts.
Harry came from a muggle school and had the equivalent of an American
6th grade education. It would be strange if his mathematics,
geography, etc. would stop at that point.

:-)Milz



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