Hogwarts prep school/Clothing/language/Muggle Interface

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 38555

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bystardust" <doldra at h...> wrote:
> While this might be true, it seems a little far-fetched that every 
> single wizarding family in the world is responsible for their own 
> children's education. Then again, I suppose there are a lot of 
things 
> in the WW that are pretty far-fetched, but it just seems odd to me 
> that there would be secondary but not primary school. Also, not all 
> wizarding families would be able to afford private tutors, and 
Molly 
> Weasley appears to be so busy already...
 
Yes, I have to agree, the whole home-schooling thing doesn't seem as 
though it would work.  I mean, many parents would be too busy to do 
it themselves/too poor to hire someone, and then you would possibly 
end up with alot of under-educated wizards running about and that 
wouldn't be good at all...

But then again, it seems to me as though parts of the WW are somewhat 
old-fashioned.  And that -is- how people used to educate their 
children, by either homeschooling them themselves or hiring a 
governess.  I wonder if they do have primary schools just for 
wizarding children, but I can't help but doubt that...


"bystardust" <doldra at h...> wrote:
That didn't make much sense, but my point is it's strange that the 
Weasley 
> children (for example) wear muggle clothing around the house while 
> thier parents' wardrobes consist of all robes (in GoF, when Arthur 
> tried to dress as a muggle for the World Cup, the results 
were...not 
> pretty). You're probably right; maybe, somewhere along the line, it 
> even became a lot more popular for teenage wizards to wear muggle 
> clothing, and the older generation is just behind the times. But 
then 
> there are also a lot of -really- strict rules that are applied when 
> it comes to muggles finding out about the WW. I agree with your 
> point, though.

I always sort of thought that the reason they wore Muggle clothes was 
because they were kids.  Sort of like...well, like it's a becoming a 
wizard privelage/honor to be able to wear robes and look all magical 
and mystical all the time.  Didn't Ron's older brothers wear robes?  
And I don't think the books have ever mentioned any adult wizard 
wearing Muggle clothes unless they were trying to go in disguise. And 
perhaps that's why the slightly older generations can't quite get the 
hang of dressing "normaly", because it's been so long since they've 
had to and the styles have changed- and perhaps they just find it 
slightly insulting to have to do so?  

"aldrea279"