[HPforGrownups] Classist Hogwarts (was ... was .... was...)

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 45535

 "James P. Robinson III" wrote:

> I tend to disagree with some of the presuppositions of this statement.
Not
> that "boarding school" doesn't imply some level of elitism; it does.  But
> Ron Weasley's presence at Hogwarts, to me, reinforces that elitism rather
> than negating it.  Ron is poor, certainly, but that has no impact on his
> class.  In fact, I would argue that Ron is at Hogwarts primarily because
of
> his class.  He is from an old family, is a pure-bred, is a child of
> Hogwarts alumni, speaks with a "good" accent (cf. Stan Shunpike), but
seems
> to have only meager magical ability.  Would he have a place at Hogwarts
> aside from the circumstances of his birth?

I never thought the day will come when I have to protect Ron:
there is no evidence of his magical ability being "meager".
If he has some parallels in real life british educational system, that would
be an example of "laddish culture" - someone who works very hard
to impress his peers that he doesn't care about studies and does as little
work as he can possibly get away with. That's where all this putting
down of Hermione comes from.

Just my humble opinion.

Irene