I mean, given the situation in a normal school in the US I imagen the wizard version of a school shooting makes the attack at Hogwarts look like a Wednesday
Well since you gotta be abble to ride a legendary giant snake underwater without dying to get to the Russian school, security is considered top notch here
Also forgetting about the centaurs, whomping willow, Hagrid’s giant brother, and the room of requirements. Edit: also the basilisk under the school, giant spider in the forest, dementors, and the three headed dog
Oh come off it! No one's died in years! Sure, the occasional coach might go missing and be found months later wandering in the desert, but that's just any sport
Wasn't it like "Enchanted forest" back then? It was made into a reserve for magical animals back in the founders' time, so- all things considered- almost perfect place for a school. Muggles had a very hard time finding the castle by walking through the forest and teachers could step in in case of someone endangering animals within. Most of dangers in the forest comes from acromantulas, werewolves on full moon, irritated centaurs and... Hagrid's little brother. Acromantulas are Hagrid's fault, since the little moron decided that giant spider was a great pet to have in school and then got Aragog to the forest so he wouldn't be put down... If it were only Aragog, it'd be okay-ish, but the ABSOLUTE IDIOT decided to get him a mate to breed with after becomin' gate-keeper. All the goddamned spiders are Aragog's. As for werewolves... The curse itself wasn't quarter as spread in founders' times as it is now. Discovering new methods of transportation made spreading that malady way way easier than ever, so werewolves basically weren't an issue then. As for irritated centaurs, I'm pretty sure that the books implied that Aragog's children were happily munching on every and all forest's inhabitants and it includes both Unicorns (the herd of which was guarded by centaurs) and Centaurs themselves. So yea, I'd be VERY irritated if I were them. Especially since Bumblebee didn't order either exterminating or relocation of those goddamn things... Just because it offered to him another way to make Hagrid do his bidding and to avoid Hagrid's rebellion in case he discovered his pet dissapeared. Same with his little brother, to be honest. Hagrid made the Forest even MORE dangerous that he already made it by bringing Graup there. The only good thing being that it was Umbridge who payed the price to the angry centaurs and not others, but it easily could be some unsuspecting student
I’m convinced that the professors are the scariest things in Hogwarts. Professor Sprout literally just told Seamus to leave Neville’s body there, professor Snape loves hitting the children, let’s not even talk about Umbitch!
You also forgot about the whomping Willow, the fact that the statues can be brought to life with a spell, the Basilisk under the school, the centaurs in the forest, the fact that there’s a forest full of monsters literally right next to the school
Because people there live in middle ages and the laws are basically 1. About discrimination (enforcing it) 2. Don't tell anything to muggles (except if they are in power, your family, or a random guy you are not related to but sent to live with) 3. These three specific curses are bad, but all of these cutting/ explosion spells and a few deadly, a-few-seconds-to-kill-you potions we'll make mandatory to learn for kids 4. Kids can't do magic except for when isolated in large groups hours away from but one medical worker. If they do, they can't do magic ever again. Why? Who knows. 5. Basically everything else is decided by a group with seemingly unrestricted judge-and-jury rights and/or public opinion. Lawsuit is probably an exotic thing for people like Malfoys to spice up their daily routine with. And also Hogwarts probably has some kind of stupid immunity from them anyway.
Everybody: "Why Ministry thinks Hogwart isn't safe?" Ministry: "So, Mister Dumbledore, you've asked us about extra founds due to one of the floors being damaged? Can you tell us what happened?" Dumbledore: "it looks liek one of our teacher sneaked Mountain Troll to school and it attacked students" half year later: M: "So you've reported tyou are looking for DADA teacher?" D: "Yes, sadly previous one died. He was killed by powerful protective magic when trying to murder one of our students who tried to prevent im from resurrecting one of most powerful dark wizards" Year later: M: "Anything to report?" D: "yes, our students who got petrified by giant snake we've missed in bathroom are fine" Year later: M: "it's cool you've fired werewolf teacher, parents were upset about him. How the new one is?" D: "it seems he was actually incompetent and all of his past jobs were stolen from others after cursing them to lose memory forever. now he is in hospital after spell he assaulted students but spell backfired" Year later: M: "How The Triwizard Tournament was?" D: "It seems one of our teachers were impostor criminal and set trap to teleport some of our students. Sadly one died"
"Forest's haunted, is forbidden to go there or you'll get punished. Your punishment will be to go in the forest to investigate on suspicious activities that could ultimately lead to your death, since your guardian isn't supposed to have a magic wand".
Are these type of comments ever going to stop? You are talking about it, clearly not ignoring it. Who cares if others talk about it? It in no way prevents you from doing so.
@@Trabsol I mean tbf nobody actually died at hog warts that I know of while dumbledore was headmaster (apart from Cedric who wasn’t technically at hogwarts since he was in a graveyard)
"Where should we build our school?" "I was thinking we could put it right next to that giant forest full of dangerous magical creatures." "But how will we protect the students & stop them from going in the forest?" "Idk just tell them not to, children are known for adhering to ominous warnings."
Tho to be honest, in founders' times the forest wasn't as dangerous. The most dangerous things in it (sans Voldie's unicorn sucking escapades) were acromantulas... Whose were actually brought in voldie's time, since "papa" Aragog was Hagrid erstwhile pet who got sent by him into the forest before getting kicked outta school and then made his stupidity shine by bringing him a mate to breed with. Other than spiders (and VERY irritated by said spiders) centaurs, the forest probably only really dangerous on a full moon and far from school. So don't blame founders, blame senile bumblebee
Also: A basilisk in the walls, hidden passages leading outside, a piece of furniture that bypasses all wards, a mirror that ensnares you, moving stairs AND a piece of a dark lord's soul (diadem not diary, which by the way no protections managed to detect!)
It was Voldemort's curse that made it so. He wanted to be the DADA teacher ever since graduation, but was first told (by dumbledore's predecessor, I think) that he should het some more experience and then they'll happily hire him. Then, after a few years of "gathering experience" ( and creating horcruxes, but we don't talk about them) he came back, but Albus kept an eye on him and his "Knights of Valpurgis" was it? Or something like that. Anyway, Bumblebee didn't hire him, citing his shady actions and irritated like no tomorrow Tommy-boy swung by Room of Requirements on his way out, to hide the Ravenclaw Diadem turned horcrux in there and to add a curse that made it impossible for school to keep DADA teacher for longer than a year without his consent. And so, there was no teacher who lasted longer... Well, Snape would, since He HAD permission from Voldie, but he offed Bumblebee that year and snakeface made him into headmaster instead