Re: guardians and permissions

Richard Eney wrote: 
In article <QgZsf.204187$qk4.84263@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Thom Madura  <Thom-Madura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

JMD wrote:


Someone already talked about it on this group--Harry needed a permission to
go to Hogsmeade and it would have to be a permission from his aunt and uncle
Dursley, not from everyone else. However, it seems somehow he did not need a
permission from them to attend Hogwarts. In fact, he's attending Hogwarts
DESPITE their objection to him going there. That really doesn't make sense.

Harry was on the list from the day he was born according to Hagrid. As far as we know - his attendance could have been part of his parents wishes. We already know from Sirius that Wizards do leave wills. There could have been arrangements in the will for Harry attending Hogwarts.


According to JKR (interview), there's a magic quill that writes down the names of all children who are born with magic. According to another
interview, all children who show magic before their eleventh birthday will receive a letter. There's a small inconsistency there, which might
hint that children who don't show magic before age eleven don't get a letter, and if they show some magic later, maybe they have to get special tutoring or something, but more likely it's just JKR being
inconsistent again. But either way, _every_ magic baby's name is
down from birth! So Hagrid's statement while dramatic sounding, is
not all that impressive. Stan Shunpike's name was down from birth,
too.

=Tamar
While that is correct - It still remains that he coud have gone to hogwarts based on the wishes of his parents - and his guardians (Remembering that his legal guardian was Sirius - but he was not in postiion to perform that duty.) - the Dursleys - may not have had a say in the matter at all.
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    ... go to Hogsmeade and it would have to be a permission from his aunt and uncle Dursley, ... it seems somehow he did not need a permission from them to attend Hogwarts. ... he's attending Hogwarts DESPITE their objection to him going there. ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: guardians and permissions
    ... >> permission from them to attend Hogwarts. ... >could have been arrangements in the will for Harry attending Hogwarts. ... There's a small inconsistency there, ... Stan Shunpike's name was down from birth, ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
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    ... >>> permission from them to attend Hogwarts. ... >> been arrangements in the will for Harry attending Hogwarts. ... >where the kids are supposed to go to school? ... People who went to Hahvahd or Yale, so their kids don't go to the ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
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    ... >> permission from them to attend Hogwarts. ... > been arrangements in the will for Harry attending Hogwarts. ... Do you really think wizards put it in their wills where their kid should go ... where the kids are supposed to go to school? ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)