If you were Headmaster of Hogwarts...

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No: HPFGUIDX 37039

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "mongo62aa" <william.truderung at s...> wrote:

> I am curious if anybody else has thought about what they would have 
> Harry learn if they were Headmaster of Hogwarts.  I think that we 
> can take it as a given that at some point, probably in his seventh 
> year, Haryy will face Voldemort, probably alone, and only one of 
> them (at most) will be still alive after that.  If that is the case,
> then I would think that it is ESSENTIAL that Harry be given far more 
> preparation than he is getting now.

Aha! I have practical experience here. :)

I went to a school that was intended to produce the next generation of
military leaders. Mind you, we weren't expected to take on the
Communist Hordes in single combat, but we were being prepared for
careers leading men under arms.

We were required to take 7 to 8 courses a semester. Most were
manditory. We didn't get electives until 2cd year (and we started at
year 0.... long story)

Along with the traditional degree-focussed courses, we had to take
literature, philosophy, economics, history, military studies,
psychology, PT, French (we were required to be functionally billingual
before we could graduate), and drill.

And yeah, at the time a lot of it seemed irrelevant, and it was one
hell of a workload, but I'm profoundly grateful that I did it. I think
I've used all of it at some point or another.

Having a broad education gives you a bigger toolbox.

DG