website SPOILERS . Who goes to Hogwarts

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 119803


Alina wrote:
> What really interests me on this point is how many muggle families
> decide not to let their kids go to Hogwarts? Or maybe the better
> question: how many muggle families do? Because the question of money
> and tuition aside, muggle parents IMO are more likely to decide
> against Hogwarts than wizarding ones. I can't imagine there would be
> many willing to send their kids to a boarding school they didn't 
> even know existed and one they cannot inspect for themselves.
> 
> And then, what happened to such kids? Do they go through life with
> glass exploding around them when they're angry and other 
> unexplainable things happening and just shrugging it off?
> 
> One last question: if a muggle-born was not sent to Hogwarts, but 
> upon becoming an adult made a conscious choice to live in the 
> wizarding rather than muggle world, would they be able to?
> 
>  I wonder what are the chances of JKR ever answering any of that...


SSSusan:
FWIW, Alina, there was a quite lengthy thread on this beginning with 
117928, "Muggleborns choosing WW" and later permutations of "Hogwarts 
letters" and "Choosing Sides."  You'll probably need to search with 
Yahoo!Mort, because you can't follow them all through one thread.

Siriusly Snapey Susan