Hogwarts as state school (was what do squib children do for schooling?)

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 71813

Mim wrote: > And what about wizards who don't go to Hogwarts even 
though they are 
> not squibs? Stan of the Knight Bus comes to mind... What sort of 
> schooling do they get? I assume not everyone can pay for a 
Hogwarts 
> education...


Now me (Kirstini):
We don't know that Stan didn't go to Hogwarts, do we? I've just 
checked both of the Knight Bus episodes, and at no point does he 
say "'Ogwarts, eh? Never went to 'Ogwarts meself, did I Ern?" Are 
you making this assumption just because he's a bus conducter rather 
than a Ministry worker or Auror, and therefore implying that there 
must be some sort of school for the "inferior" magical children? 
Hogwarts has a place for all the children in Britain with magic in 
them, in order that they learn how to use that magic in their daily 
life as well as their careers. As such, it has a responsibility to 
ensure that all of those magical children get the proper training, 
thus preventing lifetimes of blown-up aunts and blue-haired 
teachers. No mention has been made of fees payed to Hogwarts, except 
by Vernon Dursley, who assumes that it works along the lines of a 
Muggle boarding school. I'm going to counter that assumption with my 
own: Hogwarts must be state-run, because the Ministry wouldn't be 
able to interfere to the degree it does were the school privately 
funded. I saw the opposite opinion posted the other day, and felt 
there was something wrong about it, so checked with my very 
expensively educated friend who confirmed that privately funded 
schools have a special sort of independance. And despite the posh 
little boy playing Colin in TMTMNBN, Colin and Dennis Creevey's 
father is a milkman. I wonder if he could really afford two sets of 
school fees on that sort of salary?

Kirstini