Comment on Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math?

• 520@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Reading is very common at Hogwarts and the wider wizarding world. Hogwarts has an extensive library.

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  • allywilson@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the OP meant that if they all stopped learning maths at 10, and there was no English class at Hogwarts, they probably stopped learning to read at 10 as well (well, the Muggles anyway, there’s no mention of how the Wizards learn anything before 11 I don’t think?).

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    • 520@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There wouldn't be additional English literature classes, sure, but by age 11 it's mostly just practice and looking up words you don't know anyway.

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      • allywilson@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think that’s a bit over simplified. Do you think they’d be able to understand Shakespeare? Or a spell book from the same time as Shakespeare? There’s a reason we continue to teach English until a child leaves secondary/high school.

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• wildcardology@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She successfully brewed a complicated polyjuice potion that took months to make by just reading and following the instructions in the book. She reads just fine.

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  • Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But all wizard books are scribbled in crayon

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