[HPforGrownups] Re: , Hogwarts' special ed, etc.

[ender_w]

No: HPFGUIDX 12506


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Trina 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:57 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: , Hogwarts' special ed, etc.


  Rina wrote:
  >>I'd like to think that Hogwarts would have MEPs (I just love that 
  >>idea, Ender <g>) and appropriate accomodations, rather than a fix-
  >>all. After all, it has been brought up that they don't advocate 
  >>cosmetic (teeth) fixing unless it's been directly impacted by a 
  >>spell, and they don't seem to fix eyesight just on a whim. Maybe 
  >>things could be done so that a nonverbal child could direct thoughts 
  >>for spells?" 


  Being a Christion (one of the ones who DOES like Harry Potter...obviously), I believe that people with disabilities have them for a reason.  Perhaps, in the wizarding world, there are magical reasons for not using a quick-fix on a disability.  An autistic wizard, because his mind works differently, may have powers that a non-autistic wizard doesn't.  A hyperactive wizard may have special talents like being able to cast several spells at once.  And maybe the myth of blind or deaf people having super-human senses (the other four senses, I mean) is true for wizards. If I were a parent, or teacher, though, I might be a little anxious about little dyslexic wizards casting their first spells: "Expelliarmus!! Hey! Where did my wand go?"


  >>Given the schools' long-standing habit of chucking the speech therapists into broom closets, perhaps this is where >>all the "resource" teachers are at Hogwarts


  A resource room at Hogwart??  I smell another fanfic in my future!!

  ender


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