Prof. Sinistra and pre-Hogwarts education

[nightmare_poet]

No: HPFGUIDX 41870

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., W vB <wjlvb at y...> wrote:
> I also have a question about the pre-Hogwarts
> education of wizards and 
> witches. Some basic skills like writing and reading
> are required before
> the first year of Hogwarts. It seems that I've read
> elsewhere that usually
> wizarding kids go to Muggle primary schools, but in
> some cases, when this
> might be dangerous (as in the case of Fred and George
> Weasley) they might
> be brought to a special wizarding primary school.
> However, this is still 
> an exception. 
> 
> Another question is how the Muggle-born kids know how
> to use quills?


Well, as for using quills, it's really not that hard.  Rather like
using a fountain pen in fact, which I know is common in Germany and
France, so the kids in England may also be used to this sort of pen.

About pre-Hogwarts.  It seems to me that it's possible that some of
the kids went to Muggle schools, but I don't really think it's
possible for all of them.  Lucius Malfoy, for instance, would probably
never allow his son to attend a Muggle school, and it even seems as
though Seamus Finnigan (who's half Muggle) must have attended some
other form of schooling because he doesn't understand Football
(American soccer) when he first meets Dean Thomas in PS/SS.  It seems
unlikely that anyone who went to a British school for any length of
time wouldn't know about Football.

-Miss Cora  (as I haven't introduced myself yet, allow me to do so
now,  hello!  20 year old American college student.  My major is
Astronomy, my minors are Japanese and German. I've been reading HP
since CoS came out and have been following the HP fandom for about a
year.  Nice to meet you all.)