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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 109372

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 08/05/2004 12.17 Central Daylight Time, 
> norek_archives2 at h... 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

Carol responds:
I'm not sure whether I agree with you or not, but my impression (as
implied but perhaps not stated in my previous post) is that the
Weasley cousin is a Squib working in the Muggle world, probably
passing as a Muggle and maybe even married to one. (As I said earlier,
I think wizards would use magic to do accounting or bookkeeping or any
rote task, just as they use it for cooking and cleaning.)

Note also that Hermione says that her parents wouldn't be aware of the
Daily Prophet "as they're both dentists"--implication: Dentistry is a
Muggle occupation. I'm guessing that accounting is, too.

(So how *do* non-Muggleborn wizards get their teeth fixed, other than
going to Madam Pomfrey to have them shortened after a Densuageo hex?
And what about optometrists? Harry got his glasses from the state,
apparently, as the result of attending a state school. But where did
James, a pureblood as far as we know, get his? St. Mungo's treats
magical maladies, not astigmatism or myopia.)

Carol