Being chosen for Hogwarts (WASRe: Magical education system)

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 40626

Pam of Scotland wrote:
>>I'm fairly sure that JKR has said that Hogwarts is the *only* 
wizarding school in the UK and Ireland. I also think that there is 
some evidence that some wizarding children do not get into Hogwarts 
although they may be able to perform some magic. Wasn't it Neville 
whose family were worried he wouldn't get in?>>

Well, I suppose that if you're a squib, you wouldn't be getting a 
letter.  Poor old Argus...I wonder if that's what happened to him? *g*

Oh! *light bulb*  Idea!  What if, when you perform that magic that 
happens when you're scared or hurt or whatever, just magic...what 
if, -that's- when your name goes down?  Hagrid's remark..something 
like "He's had his name down since he was a baby!"...would that be 
because of Harry's whole deflection thing agianst Voldie?  That would 
go with the people who are suspicious of the whole Mother-Love line 
we've been fed so far.  That would also go with Neville's family 
trying to scare some magic out of the boy: they -wanted- him to not 
be a squib and get his name down on that Hogwart's list!  I know the 
Magic Quill writes down your name...well, does it say specifically in 
canon when you're born?  *coniders running downstairs to get books, 
but sees that it's 1 AM and doesn't feel like running anywhere*  I 
think someone said earlier it writes down the name when magical 
children are "born"... could born be used in a sort of spirutal 
sense? Like when the Magical Moment, the moment when the child first 
uses some sort of magic, -that's- when they are "born" as a wizard? 
Hmm....

Pam again:
>>I like to think that these teachers are the ones who spot children 
like Hermione (muggle born) and perhaps even influence the way their 
mental abilities develop. And it would have been this teacher who 
would have got to know Hermione and her parents well so that when the 
Hogwarts letter appeared, Hermione's parents could be reassured about 
what was going to happen.>>

I'm guessing, that as the Ministry has a way to detect when magic 
happens(cannon: Dobby's charm in the kitchen- Ministry knew.  Harry 
blowing up his Aunt- Ministry knew), then Hogwarts' Magic Quill would 
know when the said magic is happening.  And as for Muggle parents 
being reassured...I wonder, would true Muggle children be sent a 
(slightly) different letter than the one Harry got?  I mean, I 
remember(maybe it was just the movie, *shrugs*) Hagrid saying 
something about Hogwarts, then looking at Harry and going "you'll 
know all about that".  And he knew Harry wasn't getting his 
letters...soo, was he just assuming that Petunia and Vernon had been 
telling Harry all about his parents and letting him keep in touch 
with his wizarding self?  Perhaps true magical muggles(bit of an 
oxymoron, eh? *grins*) that don't even know a Wizarding world exists, 
would have their parents sent a letter telling them all about 
Hogwarts? I mean,that would help with some of the questions that must 
come up from being accepted into a "Schoolf of Witchcraft and 
Wizardry".  And it seems Hogwarts has already figured out what to do 
if someone just throws the letter out: increase the number they get 
rapidly until they go so insane as to go out to a shack on the middle 
of an island, then send a half-giant to knock some sense into them. 
*smiles*  Hmm.

~Aldrea, who decides with a yawn that after a day full of boating, 
sleep is now in order since she has caught herself up for the day 
here.