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

[kellybroughton at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 37079

"grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at jazzfree.com> wrote:

>I am a student (for a few years more, at least) and, as all students 
>I've ever known, I have, at some point or another, asked myself "Why do 
>I have to learn such-and-such class? What possible use will I find for 
>it?" (for example: I'm studying Computer Science. Why do I have to 
>learn Management Accounting?). The fact is, you sometimes need to learn 
>things because you may *need* them, but more importantly because you 
>need to learn *how to learn*. Harry will face Voldemort at some point 
>in the future. D'dore doesn't know the circumstances, and he's giving 
>Harry the broadest possible education to cover all possibilities. With 
>that base, Harry will be able to improvise, adapt and learn how to beat 
>whatever he faces. Unlike computers, the world is not a case of "if the 
>red light blinks, push button A. If the red light goes steady, push 
>buttom B, etc.". Harry will face the unknown, and he will need the 
>capability of learning much more knowledge itself (although a few 
>curses will probably come handy anyway).


>--- 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.

Although I think that this IS a very interesting topic and very much worth discussing, there seems to be one thing that is forgotten: Harry needs to not only be able to survive a battle with VM, but he is also going to need skills to cope with wizarding life (assuming that he does survive). In other words, Life skills. You gotta think about (like Dumbledore) what happens *later*.

-kel

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