[HPforGrownups] Re: Wand breaking was Harry's bias again, several posts

[P J]

No: HPFGUIDX 141145



meltowne:

PJ,I think you might have it backwards - any CRIME worthy of having
your wand snapped is alsp grounds for expulsion.  Hogwarts is not the
only school, so expulsion in some cases could mean a transfer to
Durmstrang.

PJ replies:

Expulsion is always mentioned first with the wand snapping (sounding like) 
an extention of that action but it could very well be a chicken/egg thing.

I don't believe a person facing expulsion from one school has the option of 
enrolling in another.  If that were the case wouldn't Dumbledore have gotten 
Hagrid (who he knew to be innocent) into Durmstrang before the MoM snapped 
his wand?  The MoM doesn't just regulate Hogwarts but the entire wizarding 
world.

Muggle born wizards who refuse to go to Hogwarts (or one of the other 
schools) never get a wand and never get training in wizardry.  Yes they may 
be able to do magic but since they're not trained to channel it I strongly 
suspect most can only use a limited measure of their true potential (our 
psychics and dowsers maybe?).

Perhaps the Tom Riddles of the Muggle world either end up on death row or as 
Dictators of one country or other.  :-)

PJ