[HPforGrownups] Re: what do squib children do for schooling?

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 71867

Meliss9900 at aol.com writes:
I seriously doubt that they would attend a muggle school because there
would be more cases of accidental magic that would need to be covered up by
the
MOM and they wouldn't be as clueless about muggles and muggle inventions.

Mandy Said:
*slaps forehead* Stupid me! I didn't even stop to think about that! Sorry
for
the stupid question.

Lady Macbeth:
I don't think that accidental magic WOULD occur.  They're squibs because
they don't HAVE magic.  Filch doesn't even have magic to scrub the floors.
Mrs. Figg, by her own admission, "never so much as Transfigured a teabag".
This leaves open the distinct possibility that they're the exact opposite of
Muggleborns - they're Muggles born to wizarding families.

As far as being clueless about Muggles and Muggle inventions, this would be
EXCEPTIONALLY detrimental to their well-being.  Even to work in the Muggle
Liason Office, as one person suggested, they would need to know about
Muggles.  To be able to live on their own, as independent people, they would
need to be able to take care of themselves and their households without
magic.  Mrs. Figg lives in the Muggle world, and Harry noticed very little
out of place at her house save the smell and the number of cats.

-Lady Macbeth




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