The Quality of a Hogwarts Education

[bboyminn]

No: HPFGUIDX 188255



---  "Susan A" <susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
>
> ...
> On the other hand, when you say this:
> 
> Rick:
> > I just don't see Hg really working out in the WW or being
> > happy with a high school education, particularly when the
> > life she'd been  dropped into was some 50 years behind her
> > times > > ...
> 
> ...
>    
> rick:
> > I think this round cooked off when I referred to Hogwarts as a 
> > trade school education.
> 
> SSSusan:
> ...  Because my question is:  Are you not simply projecting *your* definition of what a successful and fulfilling life looks like for someone born to well-educated professionals onto Hermione?...
> 
> Simply because there is a tendency for a well-educated professional to breed (or raise) another doesn't mean it's a given, nor that for each individual child of well-educated professionals, those desires are internalized.  Some find other things makes their lives fulfilling.  That's what I'm questioning.  How do we KNOW Hermione felt as you suggest?  It seems presumptive to me, is all.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan
>


bboyminn:

I think Rick is out of the country now, but maybe he will
follow the thread on-line rather than by email.

I can see a degree of Rick's point, but I think mostly I tend
to side with SSSusan.

Perhaps Rick's points is not so much about Hermione, but the
world expectations for Hermione. I think we can see this in
real life. A kid has a job he loves doing something he loves
to do, but his parents, friends, and relatives think he is
wasting his time. Not that uncommon.

So, if that is his point, then to some extent I can agree
that Hermione's life probably doesn't live up to the 
expectations of others.

But Rick says specifically - 

"I just don't see Hg really working out in the WW or being
happy with a high school education, ..."

My earlier point, that I made more than once, is that
Hermione, nor Harry, nor anyone, is locked into an all or
nothing situation. Hermione is not imprisoned in the Magic
world. If she wants to go to university, I think she can
find a way. 

Also, depending on the muggle profession she is interested in,
she may be able to develop the necessary skills without a
certification from an education institution. There are 
countless options open to her, and I suspect an ambitions
intelligent person like Hermione would have no problem
gaining a foothold in the muggle world if she chose to do
so.

Again, Hermione is exiled to the wizard world, she can come
and go as she pleases, and most probable does.

Steve/bboyminn