Is education a right or a privilege in WW?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104140

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" <drednort at a...>
wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2004 at 14:05, djrfdh wrote:
> 
> >  So, how did Harry get into Hogwarts? By virtue of his "magical 
> > wizarding level"? Hardly, since he was not exposed to anything 
> > magical from age one to age eleven;( unless you count the odd things 
> > that seemed to "happen" whenever he got mad or upset!)  Did he get in 
> > because he was the "notable" son of two of Hogwarts most well-known 
> > students? Or did Harry gain entry because he was "famous" for having 
> > survived a LV attack and therefore entitled to the best "defensive" 
> > education as compensation for losing his parents, that the WW could 
> > offer? 
> 
> No, on the MQ/MP idea I've postulated he got in because his MP/MQ 
> was high enough (I suspect it's unusually high) and because he did 
> have exposure to magic as an infant which did trigger later 
> spontaneous magic.
> 
> What I have proposed is not an idea that requires a child to have 
> constant contact with magic - just *some* - to trigger magical 
> ability at MP 900. Harry had a solid year of it with his family. 
> That's enough. The key to the idea is that if there is virtually 
> none, it won't happen at that point - but Harry had at least some 
> (and being surrounded by protective magic may also have been a 
> factor).  

Carol:
But Hagrid says in SS/PS that Harry's name has been down in the
Hogwarts book since he was born. I imagine Neville's was, too; Gran
and the rest of the family just didn't know it. also we have no
evidence of any kind of contract or test of magical ability; only the
magical quill, which appears to apply to all magical children, not
just Muggleborns. (The question JKR was answering was a two-parter.
Only one part related to Muggleborns.)

I'm thinking that the Stan Shunpikes of the WW got into Hogwarts
originally because they were born magical but failed all their
O.W.L.S. and consequently couldn't continue in school and so became
bus conductors and the like. Maybe that will happen with Crabbe and
Goyle, who by your criteria should never have been admitted to
Hogwarts--although at least they haven't melted any cauldron bottoms
like Neville. Crabbe and Goyle as janitors in the MoM, anyone? (Just
don't make them prison guards at Azkaban.)

Carol