Info, Lockhart's exploits, wizard orphans

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No: HPFGUIDX 28456

jenny from ravenclaw:
> Unlike the students I've taught, Hogwarts students don't appear to have bibliotecaphobia; they head to 
the library to find supporting materials on their own steam, and they are successful

Rumour has it that using the library as a source of information doesn't even occur to Kids These Days... they (or at least, the ones fortunate enough to have computer access) just go straight to the Internet.

Ev vy:
> They made an exception for Lockhart because he's so famous, there was no doubt in his abilities so his books were considered to be a proper source of knowledge.

Hmmm... do people have any thoughts on how accurate the techniques reported in Lockhart's books actually are?  OK, so we know *he* didn't apply them himself, but his comments about the harelipped witch or whatever suggest that the events did happen, he just stole them and took the credit.  Though I have to say, a lot of the events he recounts in class some dubious in the extreme... (something about weaning the Wagga Wagga werewolf onto cabbage and catching ghouls in a tea-strainer?)

Donna:
> However, you would think the wizard world would make some provision for orphans, a good 
friend of the family, foster care or something.

Ooo, good point.  Neville was taken in by his grandmother and other relatives, but what we've seen of Harry and Tom Riddle suggests that this omission may be unwise, to say the least (was there once some facility that got "Fudged"?).  What of Tom, anyway?  Didn't his witch mother have relatives to take care of him?  (*His* entire family obviously couldn't have been wiped out by Voldemort!)

Tabouli.


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