Questions to ponder

[psychobirdgirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 84595

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Roth" 
<twinslove at m...> wrote:
> 
> -JJPandy:

>   (Two) How did other muggle-born wizards learn where to buy their 
>   school supplies and how to get onto Platform 9 and 3/4 once they 
>   received their Hogwarts' letters?  Harry would not have known 
how to 
>   do any of this without Hagrid or the chance meeting with the 
Weasley 
>   family.  How did Hermione or Colin Creevey manage?
> 
> Or better yet, how did Hermione or other muggle born wizards know 
or learn about Hogwarts
> and how do they convince their parents to let them go to school 
there?  I mean, if muggles do
> not know about the magical world, why would they so willingly send 
their children to a wizard
> school vs regular school?  
> 
> Kimberly *who is new the list and trying to figure it all out. :-)



psychobirdgirl(me):

I think that maybe they get an extra letter and maybe a visit from 
someone like McG or Dumbledore. Can you imagine someone turning down 
sensible McG when she shows up for tea, or not being persuaded by 
Dumbledore when he shows them what their child can be. I think they 
make visits earlier in the summer but didn't send someone to Harry 
because they thought that the Dursley's would understand; they did 
know Petunia before, so maybe they assumed she could help him.

psychobirdgirl