The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Harry Potter by Tere Stouffer

Author:Tere Stouffer
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.

The list may be a bit more rigorous than most American public schools, but the curriculum is similar nonetheless to what American students study. Hogwarts even has a few classes that look like they could almost fit in:• Ancient Runes: In this class, students learn to understand the significance of runes, a 24-character alphabet that’s further described in Chapter 13.

• Arthimancy: Arithmancy comes from the Latin arithmetica (arithmatic) and the Greek- and Latin-derived suffix -mancy (divination) . This field is better known in the Muggle world by its other name, “numerology,” or deriving meaning from numbers. It is positioned as an incredibly difficult class, taught by Professor Vector (“vector” has multiple meanings in mathematics, all relating to a line denoting distance and magnitude). Professor Vector is also the name of one of the two professors in the Gryomite video game from the mid-1980s; a game J.K. Rowling could, conceivably, have played as a teenager or young adult.

• Astronomy: Astronomy is, perhaps, the only Hogwarts class that is also taught at Muggle schools. It is taught by Professor Sinistra; “Sinistra” is, appropriately enough, a star in Ophiuchus, a large, faint constellation in the northern sky.

• Care of Magical Creatures: This is the equivalent of a 4-H class teaching kids how to care for cows, goats, and horses. But instead, young wizards learn how to care for many of the creatures described in Chapter 2. Most Hogwarts students will never encounter such creatures; in fact, many of the creatures discussed in class are completely foreign to Hogwarts students.

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