[HPforGrownups] Re: Do all wizards go to school?

[StarHermione86 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 37451

In a message dated 4/4/2002 4:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
graceofmyheart at hotmail.com writes:


> What I meant was when Harry go onto the Knight Bus, Stan didn't 
> recognise him at all, and Stan belived that Harry was called 'Neville 
> Longbottom'. If Stan really had attended Hogwarts, then 
> 
> 1. He would already recognise Harry
> 
> 2. He would have already known Neville Longbottom as someone else if 
> he saw the sorting of Harry's year. 
> 
> 
> Of course, this is all just assuming that Stan Shunpike ever even 
> *went* to Hogwarts. He could have left the year before Harry 
> attended, or he might have even gone to some wierd school on the 
> plains of Africa. We just do not know. Sigh. 
> 

Are we missing the possibility that Stan might be a squib? We know that Filch 
works at Hogwarts in a non-magical compacity because of this. I believe that 
most squibs would most likely try to find work that does not require magic in 
the wizarding world, instead of venturing out into the unfamiliar muggle 
world.

Sheryl
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