graduation / Veritaserum

[bboyminn]

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--- "Catlady (Rita Prince" <catlady at ...> wrote:
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> Brian wrote in <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/188285>:
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> << The reason I get annoyed by US writers putting in a totally illogical graduation is that they are writing a story set in Britain. ... >>
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> Yes, but British wizard culture is not exactly the same as British muggle culture, and Hogwarts is a unique institution. It was founded at a time when there were no universities in Britain or Western Europe, and I don't think there were any schools not associated with monasteries, and Hogwarts must have awarded its own qualifications (degrees, diplomas) for the centuries before OWLs and NEWTs were invented, so it may have had graduation and degree-granting ceremonies before universities did.
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bboyminn:

First thanks for the direct quote about Veritaserum.

Next, no I don't think Hogwarts awarded qualifications, degrees,
or doplomas. It make more sense that they used a Master and
Apprentice system. When the Master Wizard said you were ready, 
then off you went to make your way in the world. Perhaps the
Master Wizard wrote a letter saying you had reach a certain
level of competency, but I think these were given out when
ever he thought you were ready. I wasn't a specific course
work within a specific time frame.  

I suspect early schools/Monasteries were this way too. You
just kept going to school until they said you were done, then
you were done. Or, you kept going until they said you were
hopeless and cut you loose. 

Steve/bboyminn