[HPforGrownups] Re: What's the point of Hogwarts? Should be a summer camp.

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In a message dated 4/18/2005 3:11:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sandra87b at yahoo.co.uk writes:

Say  Hermione had to go back to her parents after finishing at 
Hogwarts, due to  sudden illnesses and infirmities or whatever - 
then what? She can't go to  a muggle university because she has 
no recognised qualifications, and  getting a job would be difficult  
because the only kind she could get  would be the kind that 
require no formal certificates - and that would  probably make her 
brain explode.
So I stand by my point - going to  Hogwarts is a big step 
backwards for the kids, because JKR never thought  out the 
credibility of the place. it should have been a summer camp, and  
nothing more.
Sandra.


Harry went to a Muggle school when he was a child.  His parents were a  witch 
and a wizard.  He most likely was born among magical people.   I'm not 100% 
sure how they do it in England, but in America, when you want to  attend 
school, you need proof of who you are.  If Harry wasn't born in a  muggle hospital 
he wouldn't have a muggle birth certificate.  I think that  official magical 
documents look like ordinary muggle documents to muggles.   If you're a muggle 
and you look at a wizards diploma or certification or  anything like that, 
you'd see a muggle equivalent.  It goes in with the  laws against muggles knowing. 
 Nobody wants a muggle to come across a  wizards report card and see that 
they're taking potions and flying.  To a  muggle, it would look like chemistry 
and gym.  


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