James also has the habit - from what we see - of objectifying people, and of acting like he's superior. He's rich, talented, more than a little spoiled, and he's the kind of boy who thinks people deserve to be bullied because of their school tie and who thinks that he can earn a date by not torturing a girl's friend. Harry's far, far from that.
Our university system works like that too. Again, though, it depends on how similar the Wizarding government is to the Muggle one. Every scholarship or grant to attend a private school (which is what Hogwarts would be) is funded by the school itself rather than the government. They run state schools, which are free, so they're of the opinion that if you want to pay for your child's education then you can pay for it on your own. Hogwarts may not take Muggle grades into account, but the students may have to achieve a certain standard in each of their classes in order to keep their scholarship, which is definitely something I can see Snape and Riddle managing.
Doesn't it mention that Greyback preferred to attack children? Lupin's situation may be rare, but he's probably not unique. Hagrid and Flitwick are the only ones we know of who attended Hogwarts. The others were all educated in Europe, and they may have entirely different educational policies. When Rita Skeeter lambasts Harry over 'Dark tendencies in the fourth book, she mentions Hagrid like it's a huge scandal (and she outs Hagrid as a half-giant as well) and that, while not being representative of the whole population, does imply that 'half-breeds' are seen as undesirable by more people than just Umbridge.
The Gaunts are the worst. They do go somewhere to proving my point, though. If every magical child in Britain attended Hogwarts, then Merope would have gone there (and quite possibly, given what we know of her, used it as a chance to escape her family).
Regulus/Barty is an utterly doomed pairing, but they are around the same age and would have known each other in school and joined the Death Eaters together. They end up with different attitudes towards Voldemort, but there's definitely common ground.
I'll just have to have a go with it then ^.^
I like to think that the Peverells were necromancers who ended up being glorified in legend as the moral of a story (that defying death is futile). ^.^ It's something that's really, really interesting and that I love to see explored in fic (and that I like to explore myself) and yeah. One of those cases where a lack of details is both exciting and really disappointing.
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Our university system works like that too. Again, though, it depends on how similar the Wizarding government is to the Muggle one. Every scholarship or grant to attend a private school (which is what Hogwarts would be) is funded by the school itself rather than the government. They run state schools, which are free, so they're of the opinion that if you want to pay for your child's education then you can pay for it on your own. Hogwarts may not take Muggle grades into account, but the students may have to achieve a certain standard in each of their classes in order to keep their scholarship, which is definitely something I can see Snape and Riddle managing.
Doesn't it mention that Greyback preferred to attack children? Lupin's situation may be rare, but he's probably not unique. Hagrid and Flitwick are the only ones we know of who attended Hogwarts. The others were all educated in Europe, and they may have entirely different educational policies. When Rita Skeeter lambasts Harry over 'Dark tendencies in the fourth book, she mentions Hagrid like it's a huge scandal (and she outs Hagrid as a half-giant as well) and that, while not being representative of the whole population, does imply that 'half-breeds' are seen as undesirable by more people than just Umbridge.
The Gaunts are the worst. They do go somewhere to proving my point, though. If every magical child in Britain attended Hogwarts, then Merope would have gone there (and quite possibly, given what we know of her, used it as a chance to escape her family).
Regulus/Barty is an utterly doomed pairing, but they are around the same age and would have known each other in school and joined the Death Eaters together. They end up with different attitudes towards Voldemort, but there's definitely common ground.
I'll just have to have a go with it then ^.^
I like to think that the Peverells were necromancers who ended up being glorified in legend as the moral of a story (that defying death is futile). ^.^ It's something that's really, really interesting and that I love to see explored in fic (and that I like to explore myself) and yeah. One of those cases where a lack of details is both exciting and really disappointing.