Filch (was: Hagrid's Umbrella)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Fer Mendoza" <nosref at y...> wrote:
> 
> I agree with Dianne.  I don't think a squib cannot be a accepted in 
> any wizarding school.  It's as good as accepting muggles into 
> Hogwarts. 

ok, I presume you mean "I don't think a squib can be accepted." 
> 
> When Filch was practicing Quick Spell did he use a wand? This is not 
> supported by canon but I'm pretty sure he needed to have a wand for 
> him to be able to learn Quick Spell.  Now this brings me back to one 
> of my original questions.  Can a person not enrolled in any wizarding 
> school own (or buy) a wand?

Sure, why not? A wand is merely a tool.
> 
> ...If so, what was the point of breaking Hagrid's wand when he can 
> just buy another one?  Was it jus a symbolic thing?
> 

Heck no. I'm pretty sure Hagrid was a special case - he didn't get his 
wand broken "because" he was expelled. He got his wand broken (and was 
expelled) because he'd (supposedly) opened the chamber of secrets and 
(definitely, with Aragog) subjected the other students of the school 
to danger.

To clarify: I think wand-breaking is a severe punishment in and of 
itself, and may happen to other wizards who aren't in school 
anymore... sort of a "bad, but not quite as bad as Azkaban" type of 
punishment.

Personally, I think that was taking it a bit far in Hagrid's case, 
even when they thought he was the one responsible for Myrtle's death. 
To tell somebody that they can't do magic after it's been a part of 
their life forever... it'd be sort of like someone taking away our 
ability to read and write. It's severely limiting, and there's a huge 
stigma attached. Plus, with Hagrid, it's not like he can just "go 
Muggle."

- C.K.
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