[HPforGrownups] Ban on Magic for the Summer

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33431

  Greetings, CRSunrise!

Cac> Crystal wrote:

Cac> Hiya folks

Cac> Over the weekend, I was thinking about something.  Why do you suppose they 
Cac> banned the students from using their magic during the summer except under a 
Cac> dire emergency?  Is it because they haven't learned enough magic yet?  Or 
Cac> maybe because it's considered an adult thing, and shouldn't be used until 
Cac> they are adults?  And doing adult things meant you had to responsible for your 
Cac> actions.  Or it could be that most of the students lived in the Muggle world 
Cac> during the summer, and they aren't supposed to let the Muggle world know they 
Cac> exist.

Cac> I think it could be a combination of all three, but I'd go with the fact 
Cac> that they're not adults yet.  No point in rushing to have too much 
Cac> responsibilty.  Let kids be kids.

Cac> Any other opinions?

  Security problems (would be much more difficult to conceal
the Wizarding World from muggles if there were teenagers
casting spells here and there - Obliviators don't love their
job THAT much ;).

  Upbringing problems (not giving children power over their
relatives - may harm their upbringing - especially in muggle
families). Consider the example of Harry - put Draco in his
boots, remove the ban to cast and imagine the consequences.

  Being responsible for what one does - I haven't found any
example of magic being dangerous to the caster (unless your
wand is broken, of course :) - funny results are definitely
possible, but even one of the most complicated spells
(apparate) does not put the caster in danger of death of
physical damage. Thus, disagree on this one.

  But perhaps everything is simpler: there could been some
Ministry official (long time ago, of course) who got his
robes inflamed by some adolescent would-be-wizard, so the
official did put a lot of effort to forbid the youths to
cast spells at home... :)

Sincerely yours
Alexander Lomski