What's the point of Hogwarts? Should be a summer camp.

[mfterman]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sandra87b" <sandra87b at y...> >
Thanks for replying, and your answer was really interesting! I'm 
> not sure about me taking it to an extreme though, because I still 
> think Hogwartians are at a huge disadvantage. They spend 7 
> years getting qualifications that seem to lead practically 
> nowhere.

And exactly how does this differ from say, junior high school and high
school in the United States? What good is a high school diploma except
for getting into college?

Actually, I can make a case that Hogwarts is actually more practical
than junior high and high school in the United States. The main point
of Hogwarts is to teach what I would call "magical literacy". By the
time a student is out of Hogwarts they have a basic competance in a
range of skills, from brewing potions to casting spells to handling
magical plants and animals.

What does a typical graduate of Hogwarts do? They go into some trade,
where they will start learning more specialized potions, enchantments
and other mundane skills. However the fact is that the Nimbus company
doesn't have to train an incoming apprentice in the art of how to cast
a spell or do a basic enchantment, any more than they have to train
their new apprentice in how to read and write.

The point of Hogwarts is to give a certain basic compentance in a
common set of skills that all witches and wizards should be expected
to know upon graduation, and frankly I give the Hogwarts graduates a
much higher percentage of useful skills learned that they will
continue to use for the rest of their life compared to what is taught
in American high schools.

mfterman