Hogwarts Tuition/Thoughts on Crooked noses: wasWeasley Family

[megalynn44]

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> bboy_mn:
> Where in canon do you see anything other than the vaguest 
subtle hint
> that people do pay tuition. 

Me:

Um... see my last post from which you are replying. Seriously 
though, there isn't even a hint that Hogwarts is free.

bboy_mn:
I seems like if it was a big deal, it
> would have been mentioned.

Me:

BUt that's the thing it is NOT a big deal, it's just as normal to pay 
for education as it is for food, clothing, and everything else in life.

bboy_mn:
> Alternatives-
> Maybe the founders of the school combined their fortunes and 
gave the
> school an endowment. If it was a very substantial endowment 
by the
> economy of the day, and it was invested, then over a thousand 
years
> even at a small fraction of a percent of interest, it would have
> compounded into a small fortune even by todays standards.
> 
> Then on top of that endowment, alumni support the school by 
donations.
> It's possible that the 12 Governors of the Board of Governors of
> Hogwarts are probably the 12 largest donors to the school. 
Since the
> school is run on their money, they should naturally have some 
say in
> how the school is run. 

Me: As I said before the simplest explanation is almost always 
the correct one. I go to a State run college. It is funded by the 
State and Federal governments, along with Alumni. Not to 
mention the millions coming in from football (which packs a 
1000,000+ stadium every game) alone. And of course, we have 
the number one women's Basketball program in the nation. We 
rent out to conventions in the summer. With all this help, I still 
have to pay 2,500 BEFORE food and shelter every year, and our 
University is strapped for cash.

bboy_mn:
> 
> What are the actual expenses for the school? The biggest 
expenses are
> food and staff. Elves work for free. Heat comes from magical 
fires or
> from wood from the forest. The building is already there; it's 
made of
> stone, so how much maintenance does it need. Plus, most 
maintenance
> can be accomplished with magic. So where are the real 
expenses that
> would require the need for tuition?

Me:
You drastically underestimate the cost of making 3 multiple 
course meals for 1000 people everyday for 10 months out of the 
year.  Labor fees are also always a huge chunk of any 
businesses costs. Maintenence on a house can eat up 
thousands in a yearly income, imagine a castle the size of 
Hogwarts. I can't just wave that off as all done by magic, 
especially since the books clearly show that wizards are bound 
by money too. There is also all the furnishings, maintaining the 
vast collection of books in the library, potions supplies, 
herbology supples, Magical Creatures, maintaining the 
Quidditch Stadium, general teaching supplies,  The Hogwarts 
express ( trains don't come cheap).  And funding for tons o oher 
contigiencies. 

I am open to a sliding scale on tuition. Like say, if you have 5 
kids attending, you get a discount. I seriously doubt Dumbledore 
would ever turn away a student from lack of money. But I think it 
vastly to complicated to say they can go to a school like 
Hogwarts for free.

 ~Megalynn