[HPforGrownups] Age of Starting School

[danielle dassero]

No: HPFGUIDX 71751

My take on this is that Hogwarts is like an american
charter school, a charter school is privatley funded
but is a public school. No one pays tuition or
anything. How it is funded could be by different
means. Hogwarts is like that, no one pays for anything
but books and supplies. The school could take in
donations from previous students to help keep it
running, or wizard taxes pay for it. But unless JKR
tells us differently, who knows.
 
And as for the age thing, well my birthday is sept.
2nd, and in the us state where i was when I turned 5,
the cutoff date was aug 29th, and I got held back. the
State in which I graduated high school in the cutoff
date was in nov. So every state and every country and
every school can run by their own rules. I personally
was upset that I never was allowed to skip grades even
though I had the tests to prove that I could, my dad
even fought many school systems to get me ahead
severaly grades, but I think they never allowed him to
because we were a military family and they didn't
think that I could keep up I guess. So my point in
that statement is maybe for muggle school HG was too
young but her parents fought hard for her to start
school even though her birthday may have been a couple
of weeks behind the cutoff date.
Danielle





--- Random <random832 at rcbooks.org> wrote:
> 
> On Saturday, Jul 19, 2003, at 03:58
> America/Indianapolis, The Crashing 
> Boar wrote:
> 
> >   Something that I don't know if it has been
> discussed (only having 
> > been here less than a week) is that Hogwarts may
> well not be the only 
> > school of its type, simply the prestige school.  I
> suspect entry is 
> > limited by things like family association, ability
> to pay and/or 
> > magical abilities.
> 
> Well, we're told (i've honestly no clue if it was a
> book, a movie, or 
> an interview) that at hogwarts is a book and a
> magical quill that 
> detects _every_ birth of a magic child, and sends
> off a letter to _all_ 
> of them. However, ability to pay could still be a
> limitation.
> 
> > Harry could be on the equivalent of a scholarship,
> or there could be 
> > some kind of trust fund (administered by
> Dumbledore?).  Hermione's 
> > parents are probably in a position to pay her
> fees, but she may well 
> > also have some kind of academic scholarship award.
> 
> Well, they are both dentists... my understanding has
> been that similar 
> to medical doctors, they make a lot of money.
> 
> > The reason the Weasleys are always so strapped for
> cash may be the 
> > need to keep 6 kids school fees paid.
> 
> I've always thought this, too, and wondered why F/G
> didn't drop out 
> straight after OWLs rather than staying on for
> nearly two more years... 
> oh, nevermind, i guess they didn't want to receive
> daily howlers.
> 
> > In fact, we have no reason to assume the WW
> operates any form of 
> > 'state education', merely oversees certain aspects
> of any educational 
> > bodies that exist. (I believe that may have been
> the point of rushing 
> > through the legislation that put Umbridge in place
> - to gain control 
> > never held before, in the guise of protecting the
> young).
> 
> This is an interesting theory... Also, you can't
> forget the many 
> real-life examples (which, due to the policy against
> real-world 
> politics on the list which i've heard quoted by
> others, i will not 
> name) of "for the children" legislation that give
> government 
> overreaching powers; which this may be a commentary
> on.
> 
> 


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