Muggle Jobs Congruent to WizWorld Jobs; education

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No: HPFGUIDX 26515

> >That having been said, I have wondered how Wizarding children learn
> >to read, to write, to do the background math that would be the pre-
> >requisite for Arithmancy and Astronomy, and probably useful in
> >Potions.  Muggle History would come through with the History of
> >witchcraft, as the two do interact to a certain extent.  In the
> >sciences, botany and biology are taught, by Prof. Sprout and 
Hagrid;
> >physics is totally irrelevant, but geography is as important to
> >Wizards as to Muggles (!).  Any thoughts, anyone?


Rena:

> We've had this discussion before, several months back.
> I still think the kids are homeschooled, maybe some parents hire a 
tutor.


We've cycled through this discussion several times over the past year 
and some change, actually.  Yet I never tire of this topic. 

While some of the children might be homeschooled, I think there is 
subtext in canon to prove that some sort of pre-secondary wizarding 
education exists.  Haven't we mentioned that some of the students 
seem to know each other?

After visiting the UK this summer, I am intrigued by the idea of 
first schools for magical children... and I think I just might have a 
good idea of where the one in Oxfordshire might be hidden.  ;-)

--Ebony AKA AngieJ