[HPforGrownups] Decline Hogwarts Invite

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 30417

"Rena D." wrote:

> My take on the declining of an invitation to attend Hogwarts or
> any other wizarding school would be that said person will have
> the occassional power to make things happen, similar to Harry
> making the glass in front of the snake exhibit disappear, but
> won't be able to do much more.

I'll bet the Ministry of Magic has a registry of such people,
though, and keeps an eye on them in case they do something really
egregious.

I also wonder whether an untrained wizard tends to get stronger
or weaker.  That is, if the power is not trained and channelled,
does it eventually fade out?  Or does the person start learning
to control it on his/her own?  This would have a bearing on how
dangerous it might be to leave a wizard child untrained, and
therefore how strenuously wizards would be encouraged to attend
wizarding school.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>