Continuing Education: A Wizarding Option?

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., alexpie at a... wrote:
> The other day, I was thinking about what my career might be in Potterverse.  
> I sadly realized that it would be much as it is in this one--that is, editing 
> the likes of Gilderoy Lockhart.  I then began to wonder if graduate education 
> exists in Potterverse.  That is, if Ron decided to be a librarian and 
> Hermione decided to be a nurse, what would they do?  Obviously, Nurse 
> Pomphrey has had greater education that than which is offered at Hogwarts, as 
> has the librarian (sorry about lack of name, books inaccessible at the 
> moment).  In addition, aside from the DADA teachers, most of the teachers at 
> Hogwarts seem to have chosen teaching as a career (particularly McGonnagall). 
>  Surely when they graduated Hogwarts, they were not qualified as teachers at 
> seventeen!
>  
It isn't impossible. Back in the 1930's, my father taught grades 
1-8, 60 students, all subjects, with one semester of college beyond
the 12th grade.  At her present rate, Hermione probably would 
be able to sub for Snape, at least in the low-year classes, by the 
end of her 7th year.  You don't really need to know much more 
than your students, but you need to be able to send them 
beyond you.

As for post-Hogwarts education, We only have Tom Riddle's 
example. He studied with, the very darkest wizards around, 
at the time. Note the time lines that Dumbledore defeated 
Grindlewald in Riddle's seventh year, so those dark wizards 
likely were Gindlewald's old followers.  They were probably 
in hiding, so he had to seek them out.