Had been Harry Potter’s Hogwarts diploma worth the spell scroll it was written on? That’s the pulse-pounding issue some reporters are tackling today. One blogger at Arbesman.net says Hogwarts’ fare is entirely too specialized, and hence would leave wizards within the lurch within the "real" world. But the Washington Post sided with the positive with regards to hallowed Hogwarts’ educational acumen. Yes, anything to promote "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
Is the education at Hogwarts worth getting?
It is a good time to think about Harry's time at Hogwarts as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" comes out, says the Huffington Post. Seems like to be a popular thing for pupils at Hogwarts to give the school a record card after Harry is leaving Hogwarts. Samuel Arbesman gives the hallowed halls a failing grade:
As near as I can tell, if you grow up in the magical world (as opposed to be Muggle-born, for example), you do not go to school at all until the age of eleven. In fact, it’s entirely unclear to me how the children of the wizarding world learn to read and write. There is a reason Hermione seems much more intelligent than Ron Weasley. It's because Ron is very likely completely uneducated.
Harry Potter is just one of many that are likely to have to go to the Muggle world for any more schooling. They have to go to college and graduate schools there. According to Arbesman, magic won't help Harry very much. The "real" world needs more than this. There aren't any wants, spells, flying brooms or Quiddich within the Muggle world. That means knowing about Muggles and having critical thinking will be the best things to have.
The Washington Post comes to Hogwarts’ defense
Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post argues that Muggle (American) public schools have much to learn from the Hogwarts model:
The array of Hogwarts courses — required and elective — has a creative breadth not seen in many a school here in the No Child Left Behind era, in which curriculum has been so drastically narrowed that a lot of kids don’t get much history, science or physical education.
You will find numerous classes offered at Hogwarts. Some contain things like Charms, Defense Against the Dar Arts, Transfiguration, Ghoul Studies and Herbology. It is very important to have critical thinking. The only way to get away from the dark Lord Voldemort is to do this.
Articles cited
Arbesman.net
arbesman.net/blog/2010/11/07/no-wizard-left-behind/
Wiki Harry Potter
harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts_subjectshttp://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts_subjects
Huffington Post
huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/19/harry-potter-hogwarts-education_n_786055.html
Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/was-harry-potters-education-an.html
The quality education at Hogwarts includes sing-along
youtube.com/watch?v=7I6cJnQQsWc
2 comments:
I always thought the classes at Hogwarts were good preparation for the witches and wizards. After all, Harry and friends would never have been able to defeat Voldemort without that knowledge. However, although Hermione went back in 1999 for her diploma, poor Harry and Ron never actually graduated. ;)
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