Ravenclaws, Search Feature, Voldy in History, First Love,

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 34845

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
regarding:
> > Why isn't the rise of Voldemort tackled as an important historical 
topic in its
> > own right?
> >
> I wonder if it might be because of the general fear of uttering his 
name & all
> that.  Maybe covering him & his reign of terror in History of Magic 
would be too
> "frightening" for the students (and the teacher).  I like the 
suggestion that
> maybe it gets covered in later yrs of that subject. 

I took International Baccalaureate History (snobby program developed 
in Europe :-), and they have a policy that anything that happens in 
the last 10 years ain't history. (well, not for their purposes.) My 
Dad holds the view that 20 years would even be better for high school 
purposes. Something like this may be in place at Hogwarts.

Eileen

PS. The ten year waiting period always cracked us up. "The Berlin Wall 
has now happened!" and such jokes.