I noticed lack of studies

[cire87]

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

[Caroline]

probably not, stuff like that is taught before going to hogwarts or taught at home.

[paladin765]

Originally posted by cire87:

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

good question

Originally posted by ASA:

probably not, stuff like that is taught before going to hogwarts or taught at home.

good answer

[peter4i4ik]

Originally posted by cire87:

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

it is canon fault. Before 11 years they go in muggle school, and then eventually go to Hog where there is clear lack of general school knowledge.

[cults]

Originally posted by peter4i4ik:

Originally posted by cire87:

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

it is canon fault. Before 11 years they go in muggle school, and then eventually go to Hog where there is clear lack of general school knowledge.

Must be why highly experienced wizards get stumped by the most basic puzzles I've ever seen.

[peter4i4ik]

Originally posted by cults:

Originally posted by peter4i4ik:

it is canon fault. Before 11 years they go in muggle school, and then eventually go to Hog where there is clear lack of general school knowledge.

Must be why highly experienced wizards get stumped by the most basic puzzles I've ever seen.

Omg this made my evening :D Simple logical puzzles are possible only for muggle borns :D

[WildKhaine]

Pureblood families I imagine are more of a home schooled type thing, muggleborn obviously going to muggle schools before Hogwarts, and Half-bloods being a mix of the two depending on the family.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by cults:

Originally posted by peter4i4ik:

it is canon fault. Before 11 years they go in muggle school, and then eventually go to Hog where there is clear lack of general school knowledge.

Must be why highly experienced wizards get stumped by the most basic puzzles I've ever seen.

Hermione even says it in the first book when dealing with Snape's potion puzzle. "It's not magic, it's logic!

"Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here forevermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tries to hide
You will always find some on nettle wine’s left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,
Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight."

"This isn't magic — it's logic — a puzzle. A lot of the greatest wizards haven't got an ounce of logic, they'd be stuck in here forever."

[Weasel Biggs]

One of the many, many faults in the canon, honestly. The Potterverse is hard to beat if what you're looking for is your classic Hero's Journey structure with some Old World romanticism thrown in, but for base credibility, I'd say Jim Butcher's Dresden Files has Rowling beat.

I have an easier time imagining a deadbeat gumshoe wizard getting homeschooled by his dad and uncle and later earning a GED while in the foster care system and learning to marshal his abilities practically on his own than I do believing in a British kid being inexplicably rich and unbelievably thriving in a system that dyed-in-the-wool boarding school fanatics will agree is dangerously imperfect.

Harry Dresden's a blue-collar wizard living paycheck-to-paycheck. Harry Potter's a Gentleman Scholar who's established by canon as being pick of the litter for Auror training and who isn't likely to see much action after being established.

[davehca]

Originally posted by cire87:

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

Just because we never saw the students attending math, .etc at Hogwarts doesn't mean they didn't.

[cire87]

It would make sense that they are puzzled by muggle weapons like the canon in the game

[mutantbeth]

well theres that history class you can attend so maybe some are like typical studies

[forcecomdr]

Hogwarts is a wizarding school, they teach magic and anything related to it, not general education.
Basic education is probably handled by different schools, (elementary schools) or at home, then once you're old enough you start your magic training.

[roach112683]

Originally posted by cire87:

Do wizards go to normal muggle school to learn reading and writing and math among many other subjects ?

Arithmancy is sort of like mathematics.

[neamerjell]

Originally posted by davehca:

Just because we never saw the students attending math, .etc at Hogwarts doesn't mean they didn't.

Possibly. But consider this: how many people actually remember or even use the BS they were taught beyond fifth grade?

The only thing I EVER used Algebra II for was helping someone with their homework. It proved to be utterly useless in everyday life. A third of Geography class was out of date by the end of the semester. History is meaningless because people are STILL fighting over the same resources and ideas they have been for thousands of years (apparently, we're doomed to repeat past mistakes regardless of whether we learn from them). Social Studies / Citizenship was a flat out lie (*derp* your vote counts *derp*). Two thirds of science class is out of date, but that's the nature of science - always either updating itself or proving itself wrong. Health class was a joke - the "food pyramid" was a lie and proven to be brainwashing to make the farmers and the Department of Agriculture rich by getting people to eat mostly grains and carbs, now we're all dying of diabetes and heart failure.

I'm sure mathematics involving fractions and ratios would have to be taught at some point because it would be essential in potions class. Other essential skills would be reading, writing, and vocabulary (or the wizard's version of it) due to the vast library of books at Hogwart's.

Originally posted by cults:

Must be why highly experienced wizards get stumped by the most basic puzzles I've ever seen.

Seriously, you give muggles way too much credit. I see people everyday at my job who can't even read a damn sign that's right in front of them, telling them which way to go. I swear some of them would literally get lost in a paper bag. They're absolutely clueless unless the answer appears as a notification on their cell phone...

[Falaris]

I suspect that, once you have kids - KIDS - who can kill people by looking at them, teaching them how to use that properly takes WAY higher precedence than learning math.

Arthur Weasley is a character that show how lacking they are in knowledge about the 'normal' world. He's unusually interested in it - and still has no actual understanding.

I think one thing people miss is that the wizards in the harry potter universe are NOT supposed to be 'perfect'. In fact, their society is extremely flawed. There's many cases of that. (See Goblins, Centaurs, House Elves). Wizards would NOT be able to function properly in the 'muggle world' without magic.

The OP's question is answered by: 'no'. They have a child's education of the normal world, if that. They presumably learn utility spells that replace the need for some of that knowledge, however, and the basic use of coins has been a thing for a centuries, and doesn't require that much actual education.