<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194171.msg9533571#msg9533571">Quote from: Loves on 01-02-2014, 01:04:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">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/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>We're not saying that these students wouldn't know magic or understand it if they came from Wizarding families. We're saying that they wouldn't have access to their full magical potential until the appropriate age range.<br/><br/>So sure, if your mom casts a spell to mop the floor when you're 8 years old and you decide you want to mimic it, go right ahead. No guaranteeing you don't set the bucket on fire instead though.<br/><br/>I'm sorry if we haven't made it clear enough. Basically, they can have hints of magical ability and you could even go so far as to say they KNOW for sure that they are a witch/wizard in their youth, but they wouldn't have proper access to that potential until they're older.