Well. Hogwarts is the school for all magical kids in the UK, whatever their blood status, right? And always has been.
Someone is supposed to graduate with the basics of magical knowledge, presumably ready to take on an entry-level job at the Ministry, to serve an apprenticeship, or to enter a training program to become a Healer, an Auror, or the like.
Non-purebloods are now the majority of the student population, acto Jo.
Things like removing the Dark Arts from the curriculum--well, the old, rich families have extensive libraries, and can teach their kids themselves whatever is missing from their formal education. Or hire tutors.
So leaving gaps in the formal education gives an advantage to those families who know what those gaps are and have the will and the power (or money) to remedy the deficiencies.
But the Purebloods did go along with the decision (apparently made by Dippet, but probably at Dumbledore's instigation), to drop the Darks Arts from the Hogwarts curriculum and replace it with that watered-down and misleading "DADA" course instead
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*There’s no reserve seeker. Don’t ask why, just close your eyes and pretend it makes sense.
It makes absolutely no sense not to have back up players. Every team sport I know of in school had "second string" or "bench warmers". And what about bring on younger players as the older players start nearing graduation? Given the likelyhood of injury in Quidditch it makes no sense not to have replacements prepared.It almost makes you think JK gave no thought to how the teams worked :)
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Well. Hogwarts is the school for all magical kids in the UK, whatever their blood status, right? And always has been.
Someone is supposed to graduate with the basics of magical knowledge, presumably ready to take on an entry-level job at the Ministry, to serve an apprenticeship, or to enter a training program to become a Healer, an Auror, or the like.
Non-purebloods are now the majority of the student population, acto Jo.
Things like removing the Dark Arts from the curriculum--well, the old, rich families have extensive libraries, and can teach their kids themselves whatever is missing from their formal education. Or hire tutors.
So leaving gaps in the formal education gives an advantage to those families who know what those gaps are and have the will and the power (or money) to remedy the deficiencies.
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George should really have been expelled for that...
*Talk about showing Slytherin! What exactly Slytherin were shown is a difficult question...
This could be a motto for the whole series!
*Naturally Harry hasn’t heard of Legilmency ;) Of course Snape can read what there is of Harry’s mind! I bet it doesn’t take long.
Even JKR hadn't heard of it till OOTP, and even then didn't really develop it at all.
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It makes absolutely no sense not to have back up players. Every team sport I know of in school had "second string" or "bench warmers". And what about bring on younger players as the older players start nearing graduation? Given the likelyhood of injury in Quidditch it makes no sense not to have replacements prepared.It almost makes you think JK gave no thought to how the teams worked :)
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