[HPforGrownups] Re: If Muggles are unaware of Wizards, why do they agree to send their kids to Wizarding schools?

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 49726

Jeana <jayemelle at e...>" <jayemelle at e...> wrote:
> > 
> > I'd guess there are probably plenty of Muggle parents who, when
> > their children's school letters arrive, figure the whole thing is
> > a joke and toss them (the letters, not the children) out the
> > window.  In that case, we'd never hear about the "lost students"
> > whose magical careers were over before they began.  

Edis replied: 
> I seem to recall a JKR interview a couple of years ago which 
> mentioned something we would discover in book five - a magic pen at 
> Hogwarts that entered a name in a magic ledger every time a magic 
> child was born... anyone else recall this or got a Canon reference?
>
<< The Ministry of Magic doesn't find out which children are magic. In
Hogwarts there's a magical quill which detects the birth of a magical
child, and writes his or her name down in a large parchment book. Every
year Professor McGonagall checks the book, and sends owls to the people
who are turning 11.>> JKR,
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript1.htm

Also, in thinking about this, Jeana, when Harry didn't get his letter
and didn't reply, Hogwarts started sending a flurry of letters - more
each day. I think it's likely that they don't just roll over if someone
doesn't reply, either with a positive or negative, when a letter's been
sent - they likely know when the kid hasn't gotten the letter, and they
probably do something about it, just like they did with Harry. 


heidi