[HPforGrownups] - Nonmagical studies

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14638


From: "Amy Z"

Doreen wrote:
>(question to JKR) How do students at Hogwarts get educated in Muggle
subjects? Do they even need
>to know other things besides magic?

>(JKR response) They can choose to study Muggle subjects. In the third
book, Hermione takes the
>class Muggles Studies, and that's where they learn about Muggles in
school.

I always thought JKR misunderstood the question (perhaps
deliberately?).  Muggle Studies is the study of Muggle society.  I
think the questioner meant, do they study literature, foreign
languages, math, biology, etc.?  History might be covered in Muggle
Studies, but it seems that most other subjects one studies in a Muggle
school would not be.  So the question remains, how do kids from wizard
families learn math & such?  I plump for homeschooling, but that's
just my educational bias speaking.

Doreen also wrote, perhaps not clearly enough...

Q: Do wizards and witches have to go Muggle school before they go to
Hogwarts?

JKR: No, they don't have to.

So, perhaps they do get a lot of home schooling. If all they ever did at
Hogwarts was spells and broom riding, I could see why they would not need
math, history, etc. but they have to read, do math, and do graphing. I doubt
that they are just born with this knowledge, but then, in the wizarding
world, lots of things are possible that we never dreamt could happen.
*smile*
Doreen

Amy Z
Secretary, MUU! (Magical Unschoolers United!)

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