Voldemort - the child

[saturniia]

No: HPFGUIDX 143383

Ioana says:
>   I was wondering why did Dumbledore want Voldemort to be a student 
at his new school. Is it because all of the wizard-kids go there or 
did Dumbledore realize his potential ? 

Saturniia says:
Dumbledore never had a "new" school, really.  He went to inform Riddle 
of his birthright when the boy was eligible to attend school, but the 
place Dumbledore was talking about was always Hogwarts, and very old.

I would think that not all wizarding kids go to wizarding school 
(Hogwarts or otherwise).  Some might have been home-schooled, though 
the fact that Draco Malfoy attends Hogwarts suggests this is more the 
parents' choice for control than a measure of prestiege.

Is it known that Merope attended Hogwarts?  I'm afraid I don't have 
the book with me at school, and I've forgotten.

Ioana says:
>   While he was in school, nobody understood the kind of danger he 
was and they never actually tried to stop him (remember the episode 
when Hagrid got expel from Hogwarts school because of Voldemort). It 
seems like he was perfectly able to hide his true nature even from 
Dumbledore

Saturniia says:
Or maybe it's just a case of "better the devil you know than the one 
you don't".  By having Tom Riddle at Hogwarts, Dumbledore can observe 
him, study him.  He can use that information to try to save Tom, yes, 
but what he learns can also be used to destroy Voldemort.  Upon 
learning of what the unschooled Tom can already do, and his attitude 
towards the others at the orphanage, Dumbledore had to know that the 
odds were at least 1:1, probably favoring the dark.

Saturniia.