[HPforGrownups] Re: How do Hogwarts' muggle-borns drop off the radar?

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 127832


On Apr 20, 2005, at 2:35 AM, Steve wrote:

>
>  bboyminn:
>
>  I suspect Hermione's parents simply say that there daughter is going
>  to a very small, very exclusive, very private, and very specialized
>  school in Northern Scotland. What the school is called creates another
>  problem...
>
>  As a side note, in the areas of the USA where states do have
>  standardized testing, while the students are tested, it's actually the
>  school that is being graded. The tests are to make sure that the
>  schools are meeting a minimum standard of education. So, in the USA
>  these standardized tests aren't part of a students 'qualifications'.

I love the Dursley's answer to the problem of the name of Harry's 
school-- "St. Brutus's Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys."

On a side note in Florida, there is a test that one needs to pass to 
get a high school degree from a public school.   If a student fails, 
they get a certificate rather than a full degree.  I think it's 
politically possible only because even after failing the test there are 
other ways to get into college, such as passing the GED (another test) 
and going to a community college.

Barbara Roberts
           				

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