Muggle Parents and more

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 184056

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
>  
> > Carol responds:
> > While I agree with you that most parents wouldn't want their 
> children
> > to attend a boarding school, much less a school that would lead them
> > to become alienated from their parents, I suspect that the 
> proposition
> > is presented to them in glowing terms--their highly talented and
> > unusual child is being given a unique opportunity for an education
> > geared toward his or her special talents--rather like being offered 
> a
> > scholarship to Guilliard.
> 
> Potioncat:
> Keep in mind, Hogwarts exists in a culture that favors boarding 
> schools. So it wouldn't be as alien an idea as it would in the US. 
> (Although I'm seeing more and more families choosing boarding school.)
> 
> I don't agree that Hogwarts alienates the Muggleborns from their 
> parents. While Hermione spends a lot of her holidays with the 
> Weasles, that is situational. I agree with Carol, Hogwarts would 
> promote the positive reasons for attending.

Geoff:
Are you suggesting that UK culture favours public schools which 
accommodate boarders? It ought to be pointed out that the numbers 
of pupils in boarding schools is a tiny minority. The vast majority of 
young people in the UK attend day schools - mainly state although 
there are some public day schools, again very much in a minority.