Hogwarts Classes

[magnolia11875]

No: HPFGUIDX 180779

Hello everyone

I've lurked for a while, but I just felt like posting this.  I'm sure
this is a topic that's been covered quite extensively over time on
this group, but it's a little hard to search for topics (for me at
least), and anyway, it's interesting to start your own and see where
it goes.  Especially since it's unlikely that if I did respond to a
much earlier post that many people would notice it.

It seems to me that the Hogwarts classes are a little lacking.  You
have the core classes and then the very few electives, i.e. Ancient
Runes, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination and Muggle
Studies.  And yet the magical world is so rich with different types of
magic and applications of magic and you can see the basics of the
advanced forms in the other classes, but it just seems strange to me
that other classes aren't offered.

And it's not as though magical classes don't come to mind easily, they
certainly do.  For me, at least.

Magical theory and magical ethics seem as though they should be taught
in some form, given how you're basically equipping every child with a
fully loaded weapon in teaching them how to use their wands.  Warding,
protective magics, ritualistic magic all seem like they're used in the
wizarding world and yet you don't hear much about them in any of the
classes.

I also find it quite strange that they don't have an introduction to
magic and basic household and everyday magic class option for those
coming from a non-magical background who can't pick up the normal way
of doing things in the magical world as far as care of house and self
is concerned.

Can anyone think of any others and why they might not be offered?  Do
you think that perhaps at some point in the past they did offer
additional classes and for some reason dropped them?

It also seems strange to me that the school is so understaffed.  The
teachers barely have enough time in the day to teach, let alone grade.
 There certainly can't be any form of supervision.

Thoughts?  I'd really love to hear them.  And I apologize if I'm
bringing up something discussed to exhaustion previously.

DS