[HPforGrownups] Re: universities/WizWorld structure

[Yis M Koslowitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 24347

> > Sorry to splinch my message, Alexandra, but I thought of something 
> 
> the
> > second I hit send.
> > What I'm envisioning are professional societies, which are 
> distinct 
> from
> > guilds. Guilds train their members from apprenticeship up, but 
> these
> > would be comprised of only high level wizards. 
> > Remember in GoF, when Lupin tells Harry that the Wolfsbane Potion 
> was
> > only recently invented?
> > So, I'm proposing a proffesional PotionMakers society, where high 
> level
> > potion makers would get together, and would present papers about 
> potions.
> > Snape could have attended and learned about this new potion that 
> another
> > wizard had invented. Anyone could join these societies, provided 
> they can
> > pass a basic mastery test and afford yearly dues. Then, as you 
> advance
> > through the society, you get degrees. So if you invent something 
> new, you
> > get a degree for that. 
> > Robyn
> 
> I like the idea of apprenticeship.  Otherwise, where did Madam 
> Pomfrey get her training in advance healing arts?
> 
> Marcus

In the first part of my email to Alexandra, I proposed professional
schools in particular disciplines. These would not be universities, but
would provide some professional specialization training to graduates of
Hogwarts who want to specialize in an area. They would learn in small
groups and work their way up. The only difference that has from a
traditional apprenticeship is that it isn't rigidly guild-determined.
It's not that you buy into a guild and get trained intensely by one
person, doing everything from the most menial tasks on up. Rather, you go
to professional school with 10 or 12 classmates, work (in Madam Pomfrey's
case) in the hospital and work your way up. 
Apprentices, on the other hand, have NO power and are generally children.
Here, these are professional adults, capable of taking on jobs but
wishing to specialize further. They would have a lot of power in terms of
choosing what to specialize in and even whether or not to continue. 
So, the Magical Nurse's Society would do this, the Potion Master's
society would do this, the Defense Against the Dark Forces League would
do this. They would confer degrees and set up guidelines for new work -
for example, inventing a potion or cure - which would then be published
in their journal - like Popular Potions, or Transfiguration Today or
Magical Maladies: Theory and Practice. They'd also have conventions to
present research, generally socialize, and induct new members. 
Robyn, who may be seeing the world solely through the lens of her grad
school experience.