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<blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 2768662" data-attributes="member: 33035">The children aren't allowed outside school grounds because their parents expect some degree of supervision on the part of the school.&nbsp; Ditto for the unsupervised trips to Hogsmeade.&nbsp; I mentioned young wizards are a potential danger to themselves and others.&nbsp; Learning responsibility and decision making is important, but supervision and guidance are still needed.&nbsp; Filch does like to severely punish students, but he is one of the old guard.&nbsp; It goes back to my living in an older age comment.&nbsp; In the past, children had a lot more responsibility, and schools used severe punishments to keep them in line.Harry Potter books are light reading, and the world doesn't make perfect sense.&nbsp; Like a comic book or other entertainment it really doesn't have to.&nbsp; I don't worry too much that Batman is putting Robin in danger, or that the X-men were a group of super teens constantly in danger because they followed a crazy old man.&nbsp; It still has many times the logic and consistency of most movies and TV shows.&nbsp; It combines the old fairy tales and modern boarding school fiction in an entertaining way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rykion, post: 2768662, member: 33035"] The children aren't allowed outside school grounds because their parents expect some degree of supervision on the part of the school. Ditto for the unsupervised trips to Hogsmeade. I mentioned young wizards are a potential danger to themselves and others. Learning responsibility and decision making is important, but supervision and guidance are still needed. Filch does like to severely punish students, but he is one of the old guard. It goes back to my living in an older age comment. In the past, children had a lot more responsibility, and schools used severe punishments to keep them in line. Harry Potter books are light reading, and the world doesn't make perfect sense. Like a comic book or other entertainment it really doesn't have to. I don't worry too much that Batman is putting Robin in danger, or that the X-men were a group of super teens constantly in danger because they followed a crazy old man. It still has many times the logic and consistency of most movies and TV shows. It combines the old fairy tales and modern boarding school fiction in an entertaining way. [/QUOTE]

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