So the Hogwarts students get seven years of magical instruction, but what about regular subjects you learn in school, like English and math?
Wondered the same basic thing. My guess (rationalization) is that Hogwarts is kinda like very vocational ed - what they learn of the "regular" stuff (and the context of it) depends on how much they'll actually need it to be wizards. ie, Herbology & Potions are their Bio and Chem classes, Arithmancy is math, etc. Physics would come in with flying and apparition, etc. It's all very practical/applied. As far as lit and stuff - dunno. I'm guessing that what they don't technically study, they're expected to pick up via other classes/assignments to the extent that they need it. Or get at home. Or maybe there's summer school. *snerk* (And hey, maybe that's why their essays never have to be that long... *g*)
So, seriously. I've wondered the same thing, but kind of chalk it up to the whole suspension of disbelief thing. I guess the overall idea is probably that if they come across something they don't know, they have some magical way of dealing with it. And that magic allows them to not have to know the technicalities of a lot of stuff. My two cents, at least. :)
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Date: 2003-06-29 07:18 pm (UTC)Wondered the same basic thing. My guess (rationalization) is that Hogwarts is kinda like very vocational ed - what they learn of the "regular" stuff (and the context of it) depends on how much they'll actually need it to be wizards. ie, Herbology & Potions are their Bio and Chem classes, Arithmancy is math, etc. Physics would come in with flying and apparition, etc. It's all very practical/applied. As far as lit and stuff - dunno. I'm guessing that what they don't technically study, they're expected to pick up via other classes/assignments to the extent that they need it. Or get at home. Or maybe there's summer school. *snerk* (And hey, maybe that's why their essays never have to be that long... *g*)
So, seriously. I've wondered the same thing, but kind of chalk it up to the whole suspension of disbelief thing. I guess the overall idea is probably that if they come across something they don't know, they have some magical way of dealing with it. And that magic allows them to not have to know the technicalities of a lot of stuff. My two cents, at least. :)