Squibs-genetics gone wrong or (more & long)

[ceefax2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 75691

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> So I ask this, how much magic is actually in a person deemed a squib?
>  What can they feel things differently than a wizard or witch?  Take
> Filch for instance? What the heck is he doing at hogwarts when
> obviously to us, a wizard of er...lesser talents could also do the job
> too but use magic to speed up cleaning accidents.
> 
> I dunno what do y'all think?
> 
> Kai


I think Hogwarts could very well get in trouble with the equal
opportunities commission (or wizarding equivalent) if they tried to
sack him (or it could be proved that they wouldn't employ him) solely
on those grounds. How much magical talent do you really need to slop
some Mrs. Skower's around and wave manacles threateningly at children?

However, law in the ww being what it is, it's more likely he's another
of Dumbledore's charity cases. He gave Hagrid, Lupin and Snape jobs
when, as a half-giant, a werewolf and an ex-death eater, they would
probably (definitely in Lupin's case) have trouble finding jobs.
Dumbledore's something of a humanitarian - maybe he just wanted to
help Filch, without any ulterior motives (there's a voice at the back
of my head, which sounds suspiciously like Alan Rickman going 'hah!'
at the moment. I'm ignoring it). Or maybe (like some of the other, er,
unsavoury characters he's been known to associate with) Dumbledore
keeps him around because he's useful in some way.

Or could it just be that he was the best applicant? You shouldn't
assume someone's not good at what they do just because of a minor
afflication that they can't help, cos that's just bigotry.

Ceefax, your local SPERMD representative
(the Society for the Protection and Education of the Rather Magically
Disadvantaged