Hogwarts Tuition/Thoughts on Crooked noses: wasWeasley Family

[jdr0918]

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<<< "Shaun Hately" wrote... ...which gave them a much higher than 
normal incentive to find a way to pay the fees -  but the Creevey's 
are faced with a pretty unusual situation as well. I'm not saying 
everybody could find a way - but it's not impossible.>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

And I went to Catholic parochial school in NYC, which has free public 
education through high school. I think my situation may be more 
closely analogous to the Hogwarts thing because in those days it did 
not occur to solid Catholic parents that there was any alternative to 
somehow finding a way. There were sliding scales, reduced rates for 
siblings, support from the diocese, revenue sharing-type arrangements 
with rich parishes, endowments, legacies, etc.

More than likely, when the child was baptized, the priest would have 
said something like, "Well, we'll be seeing you again a few years, 
won't we?" The pastor would know if there was a financial issue, and 
by the time the child was ready for school, a solution would be found.
(Now I think about it, red hair, freckles, about a zillion brothers --
 wonder where the Wrobleskis are today?).

One the one hand, yeah, it is boarding school; on the other hand, 
ages 11 to 17 are entitled to free education almost anywhere.

And we're not talking Swiss finishing-school luxury here.

Oh, yeah -- and it's *magic*!!!

--JDR