[HPforGrownups] Voldemort and Grindelwald

[ArtsyLynda at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 50886

Tom Wall wrote:

> where exactly 
> does someone learn the Dark Arts, anyways? One would presume that 
> someone should be taught. So, who does the teaching
All your points about Voldemort and Grindelwald are well-taken and make a lot 
of sense.  This quote above jumped out at me -- seems to me it's an easy 
answer.  The library has all KINDS of books and a huge restricted section.  
If Harry's dad and his buddies could figure out how to Transfigure themselves 
into animals (I remember reading -- can't quote where -- that they "worked it 
out" themselves -- dunno why they wouldn't have learned it from McGonagal), 
and Hermione, Harry and Ron (mostly Hermione, seems like) can figure out 
spells and potions to use for certain "projects" that are "outside class 
parameters" then it seems reasonable to think someone could research the Dark 
Arts in the restricted section as well.  Also, there has to be a reason most 
bad wizards started out as Slytherins -- maybe they do something in their 
common room, or have reference books there, whatever, that's different than 
the rest of the school?  Just speculation, but the way people like Malfoy's 
minds work, they wouldn't be doing "extra reading" or "leisure reading" in 
the same kinds of books as Harry, Ron and Hermione, IMHO.

Lynda 
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"Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA


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