Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A mụrụ Watson na Paris, France, nwa nwanyị ndị ọka iwu Bekee Jacqueline Luesby na Chris Watson. Watson biri na Maisons-Laffitte dị nso na Paris ruo mgbe ọ gbara afọ ise. Nne na nna ya kewara mgbe ọ dị obere; mgbe ha gbachara alụkwaghịm, Watson kwagara England ka ya na nne ya biri na Oxfordshire ka ọ na-anọ na ngwụsị izu n'ụlọ nna ya na London. Watson ekwuola na ọ na-asụ French, ọ bụ ezie na "ọ bụghị nke ọma" dịka ọ na-emebu. Mgbe ya na nne ya na nwanne ya nwoke kwagara Oxford, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Dragon na Oxford, nọrọ ebe ahụ ruo 2003. Site na mgbe ọ dị afọ isii, ọ chọrọ ịghọ onye na-eme ihe nkiri, ma zụọ na ngalaba Oxford nke Stagecoach Theatre Arts, ụlọ akwụkwọ ihe nkiri oge-oge ebe ọ na-amụ abụ, ịgba egwu, na ịrụ ọrụ. Site na afọ iri, Watson rụrụ ọrụ dị iche iche nke Stagecoach na ihe nkiri ụlọ akwụkwọ, gụnyere Arthur: The Young Years na The Happy Prince, mana ọ rụbeghị ọrụ ọkachamara tupu usoro Harry Potter. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Dragon School, Watson gara Headington School, nke dị nso na Oxford. Mgbe ọ nọ n'ebe a na-ese fim, a na-akụziri ya na ndị ọgbọ ya ihe ruo awa ise kwa ụbọchị. N'ọnwa Juun afọ 2006, o mere ule ụlọ akwụkwọ GCSE n'ihe iri, wee nweta akara A* asatọ na akara A abụọ. N'ọnwa Mee afọ 2007, o were ọkwa AS n'asụsụ Bekee, Geography, Art, na History of Art. N'afọ na-eso ya, ọ kwụsịrị akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Art iji gbasoo ọkwa atọ A, na-enweta akara A na isiokwu ọ bụla. Watson were afọ ezumike mgbe ọ gụsịrị ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, iji gbaa Harry Potter na Ọnwụ Ọnwụ na-amalite na February 2009, mana o kwuru na ya bu n'obi ịga n'ihu na ọmụmụ ya ma mesịa kwado na ya họọrọ Mahadum Brown na Providence, Rhode Island. Na Machị 2011, mgbe ọnwa iri na asatọ gachara na mahadum ahụ, Watson kwupụtara na ọ na-eyigharị usoro ọmụmụ ya maka "ọkara ma ọ bụ abụọ", n'agbanyeghị na ọ gara Worcester College, Oxford n'oge afọ agụmakwụkwọ 2011-12 dị ka "onye na-amụrụ ihe". Watson gwara Ellen DeGeneres obere oge tupu ngụsị akwụkwọ na o were afọ ise iji mechaa kama anọ n'ihi na, n'ihi ọrụ ya na-eme ihe nkiri,...  Ajụjụ: Ebee ka ụlọ akwụkwọ Dragon dị?
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