[HPforGrownups] Re: Is education a right or a privilege in WW?

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 103003

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).  



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