[HPforGrownups] Muggle-borns in the future and some other responses

[Patricia Bullington-McGuire]

No: HPFGUIDX 55783

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, darrin_burnett wrote:

> Or, is it possible that these wizards and witches reenter the Muggle 
> world and find "normal" jobs? Or, once you've gone wizard, can you 
> never go back?

I doubt there is any prohibition on witches and wizards entering the
Muggle world (after all, the magical parents of all those half-and-half
kids had to meet their mates somewhere), as long as they keep the
existence of magic a secret.  However, Hogwarts graduates aren't really
qualified to hold down muggle jobs.  It's not just that they don't have
the right credentials (which A-level would a NEWT in Transfiguration
correspond to?), but that they don't have the background knowledge muggle
employers would expect.  They haven't gained any technological expertise
at Hogwarts, so most blue-collar jobs are out, and they haven't gotten
much in the way of liberal arts education either (muggle history,
literature, physical sciences, etc.).  So if a Hogwarts alum wanted to get
a muggle job, he or she would be severely disadvantaged.  I'm sure there
are some who could manage it, but not many without supplemental muggle
education.


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Patricia Bullington-McGuire	<patricia at obscure.org>

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purely hypothetical.  They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each
nonexisted in an entirely different way ... 
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