Who taught Voldemort?

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No: HPFGUIDX 130575

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quick_silver71"
<quick_silver71 at y...> wrote:
> Valy <valy1x2 at h...> wrote:
> > Who taugh Voldemort the AK and Cruciatus Curse when he graduated 
> > out from Hogwarts?
> > 
> > I think the AK curse is much older than Voldie himself. And I 
> > don't think they taught unforgivable curses at Hogwarts, unless 
> > the headmaster and some teachers were into Dark Arts... Or his 
> > friends at Hogwarts, into the Dark Arts, taught him between 
> > classes (despite he was incredibly talented to begin to call 
> > himself as "Lord Voldemort"), since he was locked into a muggle 
> > orphanage while holidays until he became adult?
> 
> 
> We know that in the restricted section of the library they keep 
> books of advanced Dark Arts that are only used by students in 
> advanced Defense against the Dark Arts. And Fake Moody states the 
> Unforgivable are discussed/taught, at least their effect and 
> probably theory, in the 6th year. If a student was good at 
> experimenting they could probably master the Unforgivable quite 
> easily...Harry has no experience but he manages to shut Bella up 
> pretty quick. Imagine if he had practiced on spiders for a month 
> before hand.
> 
> And then there is Knockturn Alley which is devoted to the Dark Arts 
> and clearly open to the wizarding public since it is the Weasley 
> parents and not the law that keeps the Twins and Ron out.
> 
> There are probably tons of ways for old Voldemort to get his hand
on 
> material...he is supposed to be the most brilliant student to ever 
> go to Hogwarts (and both Hermione and Harry know spells well above 
> there grade level).
> 
> "quick_silver71"


Sue:

All this and also, don't forget that Riddle was a Slytherin and there
would have been kids 
who, like the young Snape, already knew curses before they arrived. I
mean, if he did, why 
not some before his time? I bet there was a Malfoy at Hogwarts
(Lucius's Dad?) and we 
know that they collect Dark Arts goodies, and the dreadful Black
family (before they 
produced that white sheep Sirius). He could easily have learned
curses from his fellow 
Slytherins, as well as from the restricted books, which he might have
been allowed to look 
at because he was such a nice boy, so good at his work, and good at
sucking up to the 
librarian. (I'm a school librarian myself and I know how I love it
when a student enjoys 
reading). "I know I'm only in fifth year, Madam X, but I really want
to be an auror and I 
need to have a look at some of those books to get into sixth year
DADA..."