Education before Hogwarts?

[goalieracer]

No: HPFGUIDX 54925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Gina R Rosich <grosich at n...> 
wrote:
> On 4/7/03 10:48 PM, "goalieracer" <goalieracer at y...> had this to 
say:
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> > <snip>
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> > The Wizarding community would not have an exempion to this..as 
they
> > are still living in the Muggle world. They would have to have 
proof
> > that the children are being educated properly.
> > 
> > 
> > ME:
> > 
> > Welcome, Barb.  Early education is a very interesting quandry.  
But I don¹t agree with the above statement.  I think there are plenty 
of children in the wizarding world who may never get into the radar of 
the muggles.   Mrs. Weasley said she didn¹t think the postman would 
even know how to get to the Burrow. <snip>
Further, I can¹t ever imagine Lucius Malfoy ³lowering² himself to live 
by any muggle laws.  For sure he must¹ve hired a private tutor for 
Draco.  <snip>
 Gina

What you say is true for some of the WW...Hermione's parents are 
Muggles...as I am sure there are  others who have Muggles
as parents or caretakers.They have to deal with educating their
children somehow.
The Malfoys may be an exception...they obviously have the money to
afford to hire a private tutor. But how many families, Muggle or
Wizarding can afford to do that?
There has to be some type of uniform schooling for the WW...either
through Muggle Schools(ie Harry)or Tutors(Malfoy's). And to get 
uniform schooling, the Tutors or parents who educate their children
need to have the same standards.
Semi OT...My mother was a teacher and my step sister homeschools and
both had to go through rigorous training and testing to be qualified
to teach..

Barb

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