[HPforGrownups] Weasley Accountant (was: Half-bloods, Pure-bloods, etc.)

[Meliss9900 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 109014

In a message dated 08/05/2004 12.17 Central Daylight Time, 
norek_archives2 at hotmail.com writes:

> I agree that the Weasley relative is probably a Squib, and that is the 
> reason they don't discuss him very often.  But you don't need magic to be an 
> 
> accountant.  It might help with things like self-sharpening quills and 
> making inkblots vanish, but whether you're a wizard or not, you have to do 
> the calculations yourself.  On that level, wizards, squibs, and muggles are 
> equal.  (Of course,  muggles have calculators and computers ...)
> 
> 
> Janet Anderson
> 

Just because they have (or would have use for) accountants doesn't mean that 
a squib would be able to make a decent living at it in the WW. 

Using the limited view of the lives of the only 2 Squibs we've met to date as 
a basis for judgement, I'd say not.  We can use how Lupin is treated to see 
how the WW treats those that are "different".  I doubt a squib -- even if he 
was a whiz with numbers -- would be treated any differently in the WW. 

Melissa


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