Hogwarts education WAS: Re: House-Elves yet again

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No: HPFGUIDX 181095

Carol:
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As Alla said with regard to "abuse," the WW is a different world from
the RL with different notions of right and wrong from ours. Alla
didn't specify postmodern Western society, but I'll add that as my own
thought. I'm not sure whether the mindset of most Wizards is that of
Edwardian England or 1692, the year of the Statute of Secrecy, but
their teaching tactics, their education, their values are different
from ours. And, unlike ours, their world contains magic and magical
creatures, which makes their world, from Quidditch to Potions to COMC
to House-Elves, very different from ours.
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Alla:

Yes, absolutely. To be fair though, while I am still not desiring to 
live in WW because of me deeply despising their education, I am 
hopeful sort of.

As I said before I have no doubt as to what author's stake on 
teachers' like Snape, but there is something in the book more that 
gives me hope as well.


I mean, I mentioned before that Snape's death gives me hope as well 
that teachers like him will not be teaching in Hogwarts anymore.

But what I did not realize before is that there is something else that 
made me happy.

We can say that Minerva as headmistress is not mentioned in the books, 
yes? I mean, she said in the interview that she is not a headmistress, 
but since there is nothing in the books, I feel that I can say that 
she is not as well.

I was upset about it, but I just realized that this is also signals to 
me anyways that A LOT of things in Hogwarts may change. They may not 
obviously, but I choose to believe that they may.

And while I like Minerva a lot, I realized that it is good that 
somebody completely new will be a Headmaster, to me of course.

Maybe, just maybe this headmaster or headmistress will choose to 
interfere when innocent kid will be attacked on the first lesson for 
looking like his mom and dad together and causing bad memories for 
their teacher. And maybe just maybe this headmaster will choose to sit 
on the lessons of that bastard and stop him from calling another child 
idiot boy and will not let things escalate to such degree that this 
kid will have a boggart in the form of this teacher.

It is my speculation, but I choose to believe this.


And also I think what makes me very happy is that she did not make 
Draco a teacher of potions as some speculated. Hopefully somebody 
decent is teaching them.

I also find it very cool that somebody as gentle and strong as Neville 
of all people became a teacher. Hopefully that is the sign of change 
in Hogwarts as well.

As I said strictly my wish, my speculation. Maybe nothing will change, 
but I hope it will.

Alla