[HPforGrownups] Tonks- Real Auror?

[Anita Hillin]

No: HPFGUIDX 69715

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  R. Penar wrote:
  McGonagall is telling him how difficult it is to become an Auror and says
that she
  > doesn't think anyone has passed "in the last three years". Both she
  > and Tonks are in the Order, obviously they know each other, so
  > what's the deal?

  [Anita Hillin] The quote is, "'You'd need top grades for that,' said
Professor McGonagall, extracting a small, dark leaflet from under the mass
on her desk and opening it.  'They ask for a minimum of five NEWTs, and
nothing under "Exceeds Expectations" grade, I see.  Then you would be
required to undergo a stringent series of character and aptitude tests at
the Auror office.  It's a difficult career path, Potter, they only take the
best.  In fact, I don't think anybody has been taken on in the last three
years.'" [OOP UK edition, pp. 583, 584]

  I see "taken on" as different from "passed the tests."  It could very well
have taken Tonks two years from the time she was "taken on" at the Auror
office to pass her exams.  A friend of mine who is an Actuary took years to
complete all her qualifying exams, but she was employed the entire time, so
there's real-life precedent for this.

  akh


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