Wizard Uni - Myrtle

[Elizabeth C]

No: HPFGUIDX 18481

I've just got a few little things that've been wondering around in my head 
that don't seem to fit into any of the current discussions, so I'm just 
going to put them all here.

Firstly, I think that there *are* higher education institutions in the 
wizarding world, that Hogwarts etc are not the be-all-and-end-all of 
learning. Maybe not universitys as such, but training centers for 
professors, wand-makers, etc. Plus maybe more uni-like places for academics 
to study and get their Bachelors of Magic, Masters of DADA etc. My main (ok, 
only) piece of canon to support this is in PoA where it is said that Percy 
is studying for his N.E.W.T's, "the highest qualification Hogwarts offered" 
(paraphrased). To me, this seems to suggest that there are higher 
qualifications to be gained, but Hogwarts doesn't offer them. I'm of the 
opinion that if N.E.W.T's are the highest wizarding qualifications of all, 
it would read "the highest qualifications offered", with no mention of 
Hogwarts.

Also, I just reread CoS, and I realized for the first time how Ron suggests 
that TM Riddle might have murdered Moaning Myrtle - 'that would have done 
everyone a favour' - because, of course, he DID.

Lizzy
wishing she went to Hogwarts. Uni sucks.


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