Muggle parents and Hogwarts (was: First impressions of Hogwarts)

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 34289

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tangawarra1" <rachrobins at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> "...So to wrap up my point, a better question would be " Would you 
> let your kids attend a school you can't visit, much less find?" 
> over "How do muggles find Diagon Alley?"Finding the Alley to shop 
> would be the least of my concerns. 
> 
> - Jo Ellen"
> 
> Its an interesting point to ponder. There could be any number of 
> untrained witches and wizards running around, whose Muggle parents 
> refused, or were simply unable to send their children to 
Hogwarts.   
>>
> I would assume that it is more dangerous to have an untrained witch 
> or wizard, who does not fully understand and cannot control 
> their "abnormality" (as Vernon Dursley would put it), than for 
Muggle 
> parents to send their child to Hogwarts where they can learn their 
> craft in relative safety. 
> 
> rachel

Rachel, I see your point, but isn't Hagrid an untrained wizard as he 
was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year, and don't you think the 
risk of not training him would have been taken under consideration?I 
don't specifically remember reading anything he messed up through 
magic. I suppose the risk would depend on the child's ability and I 
wonder if magical ability is like muscles, "IF you don't use it, you 
loose it" ?

Jo Ellen