Somewhat random question: have we ever seen any indication of what sort of education wizard kids get before age 11? They clearly all come to Hogwarts knowing how to read and write, but without much exposure to the Muggle world, so they can't have just been going to local elementary schools. Are there a bunch of small wizard elementary schools all over the place? Are they all just taught at home? I can see problems with either of those setups.
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Hil R. - Aug 09, 2005 6:17:48 am PDT #1049 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
DebetEsse - Aug 09, 2005 6:19:56 am PDT #1050 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
No, Hil, we haven't. I've had those questions, too. Because we haven't been told, I've assumed teaching/absoption of knowledge at home.
Wolfram - Aug 09, 2005 6:21:10 am PDT #1051 of 3301
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Kat - Aug 09, 2005 6:28:15 am PDT #1052 of 3301
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I would love for Harry not to go back to school, because I think that school matters less as we age and mature. But I believe that so much of our understanding of the Magic world is rooted in Hogwarts that it makes it necessary for some of the book to be set there.
I would like to see Harry/Hermione/Ron NOT go back to attend classes, but to still be part of Hogwarts some how.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 6:28:59 am PDT #1053 of 3301
brillig
Are there Wizarding universities?
re: the veil, I'm expecting Harry to drag Voldemort through it--or Snape, if we want to have an interesting extra-planar adventure. Dumbledore is, I believe, dead dead deadski, but Sirius could come back. Though Tonks might object.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 6:30:56 am PDT #1054 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would like to see a Superman II moment where Harry is nearly killed by Voldemort, but in front of the amassed witches and wizards for some reason. They all get pissed and do a collective spell that shows that together they are stronger than the evil that is the former Tom Riddle.
But then, I'm a sap.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 6:32:18 am PDT #1055 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Dumbledore is, I believe, dead dead deadski, but Sirius could come back.
See, now this I could get behind.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 6:32:50 am PDT #1056 of 3301
brillig
They all get pissed and do a collective spell that shows that together they are stronger than the evil that is the former Tom Riddle.
I would throw the book across the room if that happened.
sumi - Aug 09, 2005 6:33:24 am PDT #1057 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
I like your idea Daniel!
Jars - Aug 09, 2005 6:35:19 am PDT #1058 of 3301
I think the last book will definitely be set in the school. From the first book it's been set up as Harry's home, his haven. We've also seen that it means much the same thing to Voldemort, albeit in a more twisted manner, and Dumbledore was the only one stopping him from taking it over. Now Dumbledore's gone, Voldemort's going to want what he tried to get so many years ago. The Final Battle, if there is one, would almost certainly have to be set there, I think.