"We Want to Matriculate Your Daughter..."

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33708

  Greetings!

> tex23236 wrote to us:

t> Maybe their Owls deliver more infomative letters, but Muggle parents
t> and guardians have to be informed that: 1)Yes, there is magic, and 2)
t> your child/ward is a witch/wizard, and 3) hogwarts is the best place 
t> for them to be, and 4) here is your parents' orientation schedule.

t> I don't think the Grangers were subjected to the treatment the Dursleys
t> were but they had to be oriented, especially as they are footing the bill
t> for Hermione's shool expenses.

  I'm not sure that "orientation schedule" is enough. If I
got a letter from a "magic school" where my child was
supposed to go, I would consider it as nothing but a joke.
Hence I have a strong suspicion that muggle-born wizards
receive letters completely different from the one Harry got.
And probably not only a letter, but some wizard/witch to
bring it, and to _prove_ there's indeed magic - some kind of
orientation service. Don't know who does the job - so far
no muggle-born wizard has dropped a hint about how their
parents were persuaded.
  Now that Harry Potter series are in print, parents
receiving a letter from Hogwarts are even less likely to
believe... :)
  And there's also the question: what to do with parents who
just don't want to let their kid go to Hogwarts? Are they
persuaded? Ignored? Or the child is just kidnapped (like in
CS)? (Of course I assume the child has agreed, but still
parents may easily have different views on magic).

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
(Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed),
who doesn't know the word "matriculate" and was thus really
enthralled by the letter header... :)