Was the Hogwarts quality of education worth it for Harry Potter? That is the pulse-pounding issue some reporters are tackling today. Arbesman.net claims the Hogwarts curriculum is not practical for the Muggle world, and thus the quality of schooling is low. But the Washington Post sided with the positive with regards to hallowed Hogwarts’ educational acumen. Pottermania is clearly alive and well as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" makes its theatrical introduction.
Had been Hogwarts worth going to?
The Huffington Post suggests that as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" hits theaters, it is an appropriate time to reflect on Harry’s journey. It seems to be a popular thing for pupils at Hogwarts to give the school a report 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 numerous that are going 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. No Quiddich, no flying brooms, no wands and no spells can help as much as critical thinking and a knowledge of mundane Muggle things.
The Washington Post says Hogwarts was great
The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss talked about it. She said that Muggle American schools should learn from the way Hogwarts does things:
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.
Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology and Ghoul Studies are just a couple of the classes Hogwarts has to offer. If ever to beat the dark Lord Voldemort, critical thinking is necessary.
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
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