Is education a right or a privilege in WW? Was: Re: More on Snape

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 102918

Rellie wrote:
> Sirius almost sent Severus to his death, and he didn't get expelled.
> Draco, and the Gryffindors, have such public brawls again and again,
> yet they didn't get expelled. In "normal", well muggle schools, if 
> you repeatedly commit such offences, you will definitely get 
> expelled.

Del replies :
One word : Dumbledore. *He* is the one who is lax. We repeatedly read
about how DD goes against the tradition to allow some things that
would never have happened otherwise to happen. Like accepting a
werewolf in school. Remus says pretty clearly (don't have my books,
sorry) that he would not have been admitted to Hogwarts under another
Headmaster : it's DD who made it possible.

In the times of Hagrid's schooling, DD was not the Headmaster, so
Hagrid was expelled *without proof*. *However* DD got him a job as
Gamekeeper assistant. DD, always DD.

Rellie wrote:
> I believe the rules there for expulsion is rather lax compared to
> muggle schools, thus there is not really so much a danger of one not
> having the "right" to education.

Del replies :
Without DD, Remus would not have had a right for education.

Rellie wrote:
> for perhaps for the other two, maybe you have to pay fees or 
> something. They seem like more of the "privileged" schools for rich 
> kids instead of open for all types of public schools. Just look at 
> their robes, FUR and SILK?

Del replies :
Considering where Durmstrang is situated, I'd say furs are a commom
item there.
Silk, on the other hand... Hmm... Hey, maybe they are given by the
school ? Madame Maxime looks like the kind who likes to surround
herself with beautiful things, so maybe she has arranged for the
school uniforms to be offered to the students ?
Or maybe it was a gift to the potential champions only, to make them
look nice ?
We just don't know I guess.

Del