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author_by_nightI've noticed a lot of kerlfluffle over the fact that Harry became an Auror after not having technically finished Hogwarts. However, here's the thing - JKR has stated on her site that wizards and witches don't have to go.
Am I the only one who took it to mean that some parents teach magic on their own?
I always figured that an alternative NEWT was provided for those students, somewhere in the MInistry of Magic. Or that they can take a special exam for whatever career they may want to pursue, which might be what the NEWT involves anyway. (They do seem to already be picking out careers in book five.) Plus, there is no University for wizards, although some may choose to go to muggle universities. So why couldn't they just recieve a test? And I feel Harry learned enough through defeating Voldemort... heck, he might not even have had to take the NEWT, although I bet he still did. ;)
My other question is... I was thinking about Mary Sue fics, and the ones where Mary Sue comes to Hogwarts from America. And then a horrible thought came to me...
Is it canon?!
But seriously, I wonder how much wizarding schools do merge. I don't think it's common, but JKR did say they went abroad, and Draco was going to attend Durmstrang. We also know that Eloise, Seamus, Padma and Parvati were going to leave Hogwarts - would one of them have gone to Durmstrang or Beauxbatons? Not to mention territories that still belong to other countries - do those kids go to the wizarding schools, or have their own little schools?
... and why I think up all these things at seven a.m., I do not know. But there you have it.
Thoughts?
Am I the only one who took it to mean that some parents teach magic on their own?
I always figured that an alternative NEWT was provided for those students, somewhere in the MInistry of Magic. Or that they can take a special exam for whatever career they may want to pursue, which might be what the NEWT involves anyway. (They do seem to already be picking out careers in book five.) Plus, there is no University for wizards, although some may choose to go to muggle universities. So why couldn't they just recieve a test? And I feel Harry learned enough through defeating Voldemort... heck, he might not even have had to take the NEWT, although I bet he still did. ;)
My other question is... I was thinking about Mary Sue fics, and the ones where Mary Sue comes to Hogwarts from America. And then a horrible thought came to me...
Is it canon?!
But seriously, I wonder how much wizarding schools do merge. I don't think it's common, but JKR did say they went abroad, and Draco was going to attend Durmstrang. We also know that Eloise, Seamus, Padma and Parvati were going to leave Hogwarts - would one of them have gone to Durmstrang or Beauxbatons? Not to mention territories that still belong to other countries - do those kids go to the wizarding schools, or have their own little schools?
... and why I think up all these things at seven a.m., I do not know. But there you have it.
Thoughts?
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Date: 2007-08-23 07:54 pm (UTC)Is it canon?!
It probably could be canon...if the girl wasn't a veela/vampire that was smarter than Hermione.
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Date: 2007-08-23 10:24 pm (UTC)