Question:  why couldn't there simply be some type of elementry school, where Beauxbaton is the secondary school?  or some kind of home schooling/guidance given to children.<br/><br/>Students with magical families for example would know things prior to school, simple things like cleaning spells they might have seen their parents do around the house and whatnot.<br/><br/>It just seem odd to me that they suddenly wake up one day and boom they have magic abilities.<br/>Its not like someone suddenly wakes up with redhair, looks into the mirror and screams out.....eeeeppppp I'm a ginger!!  (unless they have wicked friends and/or family that dye their hair while they sleep...then that is entiresly possbile)  :P<br/><br/><br/><br/>