# If you could study at Hogwarts . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2004, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177 "2004-11-11T08:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/21 "2004-11-12T01:55:00Z")
kaylasdad99, that sounds just about right. I guess I just assumed it meant he was in a post hogwarts institution of some sort. > [@](#): > > originally posted by **Nightwatch Trailer** > _I can’t imagine they do. I mean, you’d think Ron would have learned about telephones and such if he went to a regular school._ I’ve been wrong a lot today. You’re right. I keep forgetting how llittle Ron knows about the muggles. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/22 "2004-11-12T02:37:55Z")
Potions, potions, potions, potions… (what?) ok. Besides potions, Ancient Runes Arthrimancy Charms Defense Against the Dark Arts Transfiguration I, too, would like to be an animagus but I’d probably end up being a bunny or something then my kitty would hunt me - I think it would end up being a big problem 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/23 "2004-11-12T03:08:54Z")
Potions, as long as Snape is played by the same guy who plays him in the movies. 😉😃😉😃😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/24 "2004-11-12T05:05:35Z")
Astronomy Ancient Rhnes Care of Magical Creatures Charms (because I am a true Ravenclaw and Flitwick is head of Ravenclaw House!) Transfiguration Potions Defense Against the Dark Arts I think children in wizarding families are just homeschooled, or perhaps they do a community homeschooling with other wizard children. Muggle-born students, though, or kids like Harry, probably go to muggle schools. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/25 "2004-11-12T05:26:07Z")
Ancient runes Arithmancy Astronomy Care of Magical Creatures (Blow off class) Charms Defense against the Dark Arts Herbology History of magic (If someone besides Binns was teaching) Potions (I would have been seduced into it by Snape’s famous first year speech) Tranfiguration ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/26 "2004-11-12T06:04:35Z")
Is there like an _Evil_ Hogwarts somewhere, that I could go to? I’d take… Necromancy (Classical, and East Indian) Curses Tampering in God’s Domain 1A Begginng Cult Managment Technical Writing in Books of Unspeakable Evil ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/27 "2004-11-12T15:37:27Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Is there like an _Evil_ Hogwarts somewhere, that I could go to? > > I’d take… > > Necromancy (Classical, and East Indian) > Curses > Tampering in God’s Domain 1A > Begginng Cult Managment > Technical Writing in Books of Unspeakable Evil I believe you might approximate an _Evil_ Hogwarts by enrolling in Durmstrang. It’s probably in Eastern Europe. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/28 "2004-11-12T20:59:00Z")
I think if I were going to be a wizard, I’d take ALL the classes. I don’t want to find myself one day saying, “Damn! If only I’d taken Ancient Runes!” in an important moment. However, I think I’d have the most fun learning: Charms Defense against the dark arts Divination Herbology Potions Tranfiguration Wow, six majors. I am such a nerd. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/29 "2004-11-12T21:17:52Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Maybe there are lit classes. I think Ancient Runes _is_ the lit class. They have a chorus so there’s probably a music class somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/30 "2004-11-12T21:44:19Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > …You’d think foreign languages might be handy in a wizarding career, too. I’m at work and away from OOTP so somebody help me here. When Hermione took her O.W.L test for Ancient Runes, didn’t she make a mistake on a translation word? This suggests you must a foreign language…though perhaps a very ancient language. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177/31 "2004-11-12T23:18:06Z")
People, people, Hogwarts is clearly a whole-learning institution. Every class requires them to write scrolls and scrolls of papers, so there’s your English, writing, and grammar. Most of their incantations are some bizzare pseudo-Latin, so I suppose that’s foreign languages. Magical history, besides being it’s own class, is included in nearly every class: history of potions, history of divination, etc. etc. Maths are obviously required in Potions. Muggle history - meh. Who needs it? The Muggle and Magical worlds shouldn’t overlap, unless you’re doing something wrong. When something does go wrong and the Muggles become aware of the Magical world, specialists like Mr. Weasley go in and clean things up. And I thought Charlie was studying dragons, like, studying dragons. What they do, who they eat, where they obtain their damsels. Like the Jane Goodall of the magical world. It didn’t seem like he was still in school. I’d petition for a time-turner. Or become a grad student. No way I could choose. But Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures would be high on my list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-study-at-hogwarts/274177.md?page=1)