What Happens If You Get Expelled From Hogwarts?
Channel: SEO With Jamie
Date: 2018-10-29

Hi everyone and welcome to the first ever video on this channel - Harry Potter Explained.

In today's video we'll be looking at what happens when you get expelled from Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. 

At Hogwarts it takes a lot to get expelled and throughout the series we only know of one witch or wizard that is expelled - Hagrid. And of course Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts. In both of these cases they were expelled for endangering human life - a very sever offense that obviously came with very severe consequences. 

But what actually happens once you're expelled?

Well, in Hagrids case his wand was taken away and he was banned from ever practicing magic again. In the wizarding world this is a huge deal as a basic understanding of magic is needed in almost every job; much like GCSE's or a high school diploma are needed in the real world.

Some people may wonder why Hagrid simply couldn't go down to Olivanders and get another wand but this simply wouldn't have been possible. Hagrids wand license would've been taken away from him and all wand retailers would be frequently notified of which witches or wizards were not allowed to purchase a wand at the current time.

However, in the case of Newt Scamander, he was able to keep his wand and later continue to study magic. This we know as he later went on to become a well respected magizoologist and ministry employee.

It seems that in the wizarding world that after reaching a certain level og magic your privelage of owning a wand can't be taken away unless you do something extremely bad. I expect that after you've passed your O.W.L.S (something hagrid had not been able to do before his expulsion), you are seen to have enough of an understanding of magic to safely use your wand even after being expelled.

Further, the only reason Newt was able to continue studying magic was because Dumbledore passionately fought for his right to do so. 

So, after being expelled from Hogwarts what are your options?
So long as you've still got a wand, homeschooling is still an option as well as moving school . 

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