Hogwarts Tuition/Thoughts on Crooked noses: wasWeasley Family

[megalynn44]

No: HPFGUIDX 73133

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" 
<kcawte at b...> wrote:
>  
>  
> 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.
> 
K replied:
> 
> Uh no it isn't. Paying for schooling is unusual, especially in the 
UK. Which
> isn't to say that we don't have public schools - because we do, 
but state
> run education is *always* free. Harry or Hermione or one of the 
other
> muggle-borns would have said *something* I think if they were 
expected to
> pay tuition.
> 
>Me:
We aren't talking about public schools, we are talking about 
boarding schools. I have honestly never heard of a free boarding 
school anywhere, because private schools cost a lot of money 
and are not funded by taxes. My original post covers why 
Hogwarts is not governmentally funded so I won't go back into 
that.

Megalynn