[HPforGrownups] Re: If you were Headmaster of Hogwarts...

[kellybroughton at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 37078

"mongo62aa" <william.truderung at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
>Well, yes, on a story-external basis we know that Voldemort will be 
>defeated.  But the characters within the story do not know that.  
>Given the threat of Voldemort gaining power, any significant increase 
>in the probability of Harry defeating Voldemort would be worth 
>wrecking Harry's post-Hogwarts social life.  This sounds harsh...it 
>IS harsh.  But in this kind of war, to fail to do this in order to 
>protect the general magic community would be irresponsible.
>
>In addition, I don't know that the effects of this curriculum would 
>be all that bad.  He would still have his friends, after all--and 
>it's not as if the regular curriculum was all that great either.  
>Just how much daily use would he have gotten from Divination or 
>Astronomy, anyways?  I suspect that learning Meditation more than 
>makes up for the loss.  In my curriculum, he is still in Gryffindor 
>tower, taking DADA, Potions, Transfiguration, and Charms with his 
>friends, so he is not totally isolated.
>
>Bill


Just had a thought (that I should have put in my previous post!) Why focus exclusively on Harry? I know that he is pretty much the target that VM will be going for, but since I seriously doubt that Harry will be fighting VM 100% on his own, why not teach this desired curriculum to ALL the students? Everyone at Hogwarts needs to know how to survive this war, not just Harry.

-kel

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