Wizard Uni - Myrtle

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No: HPFGUIDX 18485

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Elizabeth C" <nizbet_noni at h...> wrote:
> 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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