THEORY: Hogwarts curriculem (was: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and DADA

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 112116

Nora said:
> If I were Headmaster, all the kids would 
> have to take literature courses, just to have to *think*.  Alas...

When I first read PS/SS, and I saw Harry's text book list, I tried to
line up which book would cognate to which Muggle subject. It didn't
entirly work, but I still fanwank that Wizard schooling isn't that
different from muggle, only the format. Potions = chemistry,
Transfiguration = physics/biology/biophysics, Herbology = plant-based
biology/some chemistry, arithmancy = maths, etc. The wizarding education
system apparently doesn't *divide* the sciences the way we do, i.e. a
class on biology, both plant and animal. 

So, my theory is that in the vast areas of the kids' schooling that we
don't see, they are learning literature, creative and academic writing,
basic arithmetic, even music or art. The classes are just divided
differently. I can see how art would be part of Care of Magical Creatures
(because you have to draw what you see), early Arithmancy probably
teaches "muggle" math as a foundation (in a wizarding way that doesn't
marginilize non-mathy kids), maybe the kids learn literature in several
classes by reading classic books related to the subject.

If you're a wizard professor, with a life expectancy of 150+ years, you
have the time to be trained beyond the core curriculem you want to teach,
which would allow the education system to be much more interdisceplenary.

Aura

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