What's the point of Hogwarts?

[mfterman]

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Well, the wizarding world isn't exceptionally well constructed, 
but you have to realize that Fred and George are more typical for 
a Hogwarts gradute. They went into the wizarding world producing 
goods for sale. Ollivander is another example. When you realize 
that Muggle industrial mass production techniques don't work (at 
least probably don't), everything on some level has to be handmade.

People graduating from Hogwarts are apprenticed to a more 
experienced artisan who will teach them the spells and physical 
skills needed for their chosen profession. Back before World War II, 
most people didn't go to college, they went straight into a 
profession after school. And for that matter, back in the middle 
ages, they usually didn't go straight into school at all but 
straight into their apprenticeship.

There are still a bunch of questions, but in general I assume that 
the bulk of wizards in the wizarding world are artisans and possibly
farmers of various sorts, as befits a more medieval society.

"mfterman"