After receiving their Hogwarts acceptance letters, every young wizard bought the supplies and books needed for the new school year according to the list in the appendix. First-years, in particular, were specifically instructed to buy a wand.
When Marge visited the Dursleys, she had once asked where Harry went to school. Vernon lied and said he attended the public Stonewall High.
It was a school specifically for troubled youths. In truth, it was hardly any better than a prison, with barred windows and locked gates. The "teachers" inside did not understand adolescent psychology; instead, they believed these children had been sent there to be "taught a lesson."
The school had no sports field, but it did have detention rooms. A group of neglected, undisciplined youths with bad behavior were thrown together there, often skipping class to wander the streets.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, juvenile courts, guided by the idea of "the state as parent," adopted education, reform, and rescue as their principles. They sent troubled youths to reform schools, allowing wardens to exercise the disciplinary duties that incapable parents could not.
Once these truants were caught, corporal punishment was inevitable. Things improved somewhat by the 1950s: corporal punishment was forbidden, but they could still be locked in detention, and reducing their bread and milk portions was also one form of punishment.
Felix said he knew those young wizards on holiday possessed magical powers. The problem was that young wizards were all controlled by the Trace during the holidays. The moment they used magic, the Ministry of Magic would find out immediately. Harry had nearly been expelled for using the Patronus Charm to resist a Dementor.
Yang Felix was not a British citizen. He should originally have attended a magical school in Russia, yet his magic had awakened