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

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 112159

Mac said:
>Also ingredients being magical (many having to 
> be harvested during the correct phase of the moon) <snip other good
stuff ab potions>

Considering Snape's first questions to Harry in PS, it sounds like the
kids also study properties of ingredients, ie the magical equivalent of
studying the elements on the periodic table.

Mac (re:muggle equiv. of magical classes)
> Care of Magical Creatures?

Another class that we would put under 'biology.' Different classes at
Hogwarts cognate to what we could call biology or chemisty; yet the
studies of animals, magical ingredients, and specific plants are
separated. This indicates to me that the wizarding education system does
classify knowledge differently than the muggle world. Different
classification, symptomatic of a different approach to understanding the
world, indicates to me a very different approach to teaching.

Mac:
> arguably languages

Ancient Runes may also incorporate language. But surely if a professor is
teaching about a specific spell, he's going to understand the etymology
of the words; the kids are learning language in all their classes. 

Mac:
>but it seems distinctly  
> odd from an author of JKR's voracious novel consumption that there 
> isn't an equivalent medium by wizards (novels/fiction that is)

Or English class just makes boring story telling compared to riding
hippograffs and turning teapots into rats.

Mac:
> Where are the 'games'/PE/sports? <snip> what DOES madame Hooch teach? 

Obviously, we aren't seeing all of Harry's classes. Maybe PE isn't a
formal class so much as a club, or something. I dunno.

Aura

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