[HPforGrownups] Re: universities/WizWorld structure

[Yis M Koslowitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 24290



> magpie1112 wrote:
> I've always figured that there was some kind of apprenticeship 
> program in the Wizarding World.  You graduate from Hogwarts, and 
> then 
> are put into a basic-level apprenticing (sort of like the old ways 
> of 
> training solicitors and nurses).  For example, Bill Weasley would, 
> after Hogwarts, go to Gringotts and begin his work as an 
> apprentice/assistant (much like what Pearcy is doing now).  After a 
> period of time, Bill goes out on his own as a full-fledged member of 
> 
> Gringotts.  
> 
> This seems perfectly logical, and even necessary, especially for 
> Mediwizards. (I'm assuming that no colleges or universities also
> means no medical schools.)  It'd be like the internships of today. 
> (Well, not exactly, but you get the same real-world experience.)  
> After all, being able to heal is obviously the most important aspect 
> 
> of being a Mediwizard, but you also have to learn to deal with 
> people 
> and emergency situations.
> > Deva  (who is on the young side but is desperately trying to think 
> like a mature adult)

Maybe even if there are no universities, there are professional societies
which train their members - something akin to the American Psychological
Association. We know that Lockhart is a member of the Dark Force Defense
League, and Dumbledore is a member of a whole bunch of organizations. So
maybe they confer their own degrees and honors, apart from large
organized universities. So Bill could become a "Curse Breaking
Specialist, first class with some experience in Egyptology." etc. And
Madam Pomfrey, upon graduation from Hogwarts, might have worked at St.
Mungo's and gotten the wizarding equivilent of a "nurse practitioner"
specialization. 
Robyn, who thinks Deva is doing just fine at mature thinking and
communicating.