What's the point of Hogwarts?

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 127714



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sandra87b" <sandra87b at y...> wrote:

> 
> Thanks for the reply, but I'm still in the dark. They might learn 
> how to control their magic, but what can they actually do for the 
> rest of their lives? 

Break curses, wrangle dragons, heal the sick, play Quidditch, raise
magical plants, chase the bad guys, open a shop, teach the young,
practice politics, breed kneazles, brew Potions, steal cauldrons,
liase with Muggles, support the Dark Lord, fight the Dark Lord...

And these are just some of the possibilities that we've seen in a
story that is distinctly *not* about the economics of Wizarding.

>They can only go to wizard-related 
> universities, work in wizard-related industries in the 
> wizard-world... because if they live in the muggle world, all the 
> years of magic-training is worthless. I just think JKR has created 
> a poorly thought out world, that's all.

On the contrary, the insularity of the Wizarding world and the
problems that breeds seem to be central to the story JKR is telling.

Amiable Dorsai