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theotheristhedoctor:elysiumcastiel: theatricalpopculture: chihuahuawho: miakosamuio: mishastolemywormstache: sandandglass: CNN actually researched how much it would cost to go to Hogwarts #NO WONDER THE WEASLEYS ARE FUCKING BROKE How exactly did they “research” this? Looks like they just pulled a bunch of random figures out of their butts. It’s stated in the books that tuition to Hogwarts is “free for all children in Britain”. I don’t know why they thought it wouldn’t be - it’s a British high school, not a college. So there, you just saved yourself $42,024. […]They’ve also forgotten a huge number of things - cauldrons, potion ingredients, scales, and star charts, among others. So yeah, I really don’t know where they came up with these figures. It looks like some guy just wanted to make a story about how expensive Hogwarts would be and put a bunch of American college figures together and thought “yeah, this looks good.” The Harry Potter fandom doesn’t fuck around Get your shit together CNN and stick to current events THEY’RE SUCH BULLSHITTERS OMG harry potter fandom telling it how it is Americans trying to reassure themselves that it’s ok to charge students more for normal education than Britain charges for magical education. Check your sources! It’s clearly referencing this. They have converted £ to $ at a rate of 1:1.62884 (or so) [42024/25800] for the local audience’s convenience. Also read the comments on that page… wowzers -- source link