Muggle-Born Struggles (was: Harry and the Dursleys)

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 54711

> > Calliope writes: 
> > 
> > I wonder how this works for any Muggle-born kid. 
> > Maybe the Department of
> > Mysteries or the Obliviators go in and fake some
> > paperwork, or work some memory
> > charms, or something.  

Katy wrote: 
> > Wow, ya know I never thought of that before! What do
> > the no-longer-Muggle children tell their Muggle
> > friends? "I'm sorry, we can't be friends anymore
> > because I'm a witch"? Somehow I doubt it. 

Rebecca wrote: 
> I find it most likely that they just tell their
> friends that they are going to boarding school.  Their
> friends may think it odd, I admit.  But they can still
> see them over break.

It's the UK. It's not so odd to attend boarding school in the UK, 
especially in middle class and upper class households. 

> It would be my guess that Hogwarts has some sort of
> cover or cover program that produces school
> transcripts for muggle-born students.  They may alter
> records and make it look as if those students each
> went to different schools that really exist, but I
> think it would be much simpler to have a fictional
> school.  

Rebecca - I agree with you that there's likely a cover school, 
probably handled out of the Ministry, which "processes" things for 
students who are Muggle-born, or who want to return to the Muggle 
world. Creating false records is easy enough, and if any inspector 
needs to visit the school, a memory charm or a bit of complicated 
magic would allow the Ministry to convince the inspector or offical 
that she's seen what she needed to, to certify the place. 

Heidi 
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