universities/WizWorld structure/Guilds

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No: HPFGUIDX 24409

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Alexandra Y. Kwan" <litalex at y...> wrote:

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> What about guilds?  How do they work?  Would it be possible for
> wizards/witches who want jobs that need further training to go into 
guilds as we know them?
> 
> little Alex
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Good thought, little Alex!

Guilds could very well be the way Wizards go - what with all the 
various Orders & such that certain characters hold.  Instead of 
pulling out my extremely rusty history knowledge, I figured I'd go to 
a better source:

http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wcl/lectures/24guilds.html

(with a big thanks to the prof who posted it!!!)

Seems that the whole instructional system/protection of commerce vibe 
could be the way to go.  And it would tie in nicely with Steve's 
earlier postings of a Medieval model in the cannon.  I figure that 
during the 11th & 12th centuries, while Muggles were guilding all 
over the place, so were the Wizards.