I presumed that training for most magical professions worked as apprenticeships. I get the impression that thses have never been as big in the US as they used to be in Britain. The apprentice gets quite low pay, has to do a lot of dogs-bodying but after the term of apprenticeship leaves, or is given a real job, with a recognised professional qualification. In which case, it would be up to the employer to decide if the witch or wizard was suitable irrespective of their qualifications. If they thought you were the right person for the job, it wouldn't matter if you flunked out of schoool.
Even "white collar" professions often worked like that. My sister-in-law is a registered accountant without even going to university. All her examinations were done whilst she was working for an accountancy firm. I suspect that she would need a degree nowadays but in the 1980s this was still possible. Even University places weren't offered on a flat score in my day. You went for an interview and if they wanted you they would give you an offer that was quite low. A friend of mine only needed to get two 'B's and a 'C' to do medecine, where the standard requirement was at least an 'A' and two 'B's and ofter higher. Of course she was a straight 'A" student so it didn't matter but it shows that British universities had a degree of flexibility that I don't think American ones ever have.
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Date: 2007-08-23 07:55 pm (UTC)Even "white collar" professions often worked like that. My sister-in-law is a registered accountant without even going to university. All her examinations were done whilst she was working for an accountancy firm. I suspect that she would need a degree nowadays but in the 1980s this was still possible. Even University places weren't offered on a flat score in my day. You went for an interview and if they wanted you they would give you an offer that was quite low. A friend of mine only needed to get two 'B's and a 'C' to do medecine, where the standard requirement was at least an 'A' and two 'B's and ofter higher. Of course she was a straight 'A" student so it didn't matter but it shows that British universities had a degree of flexibility that I don't think American ones ever have.