Hogwarts Expulsion - why is it so rare?

I a lot (or most) schools, some of the things which have happened in Hogwarts with various members would have resulted in immediate expulsion, so why don't we see more people expelled from Hogwarts?

We saw Hagraid being expelled but thats about it? Is this Dumbledore's way? But we have seen that With all of Hogwarts' faults, it does have the board of governors and the MoM to
answer to, so why are there not more expelled?

I believe that it is because that Hogwarts - or Dumbledore, at least - abides by the old adage, "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". A student who is expelled in his or her first year, for example, will be unlikely to enrol at another school and therefore remain largely untutored in magic until they come of age at 17. When they are permitted to perform magic openly, their lack of basic knowledge will undoubtedly cause a major accident. Then again, it may also be because Hogwarts, along with Beauxbatons and (possibly) Durmstrang represent sort of "training schools for the Good Side", and so expelling any pupil would leave that pupil open to abduction into the Death Eaters. Well, that's my thoughts on the matter - well done for bringing it up.

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I agree with midnight - Hogwarts is one of few wizarding schools and it would be foolish to expel students who then:
a) remain unable to protect themselves later on and are a danger to those around them
b) might be attracted by the "dark side"

and anyway - it's pretty normal for students at Hogwarts to joke around with magic, attack each other with the craziest spells - that's what parents know before sending their kids to school. And this is about the worst that happens, right? I mean - severe cases, like Hagrid's apparently was, are punished by expulsion, but I don't think there even were many more of that case.

Oh, and I think Fred and George Weasley would have been expulsed after that last little show, had they not left on their own! XD

I think that, usually when you are expulsed from school it's because you have done something bad. Then,the one that is expulsed will be angry and can use magic everywhere because of his anger.When,he will do that,the muggles will see weird things,which is bad for wizards/magiciens.

interesting thought, but one must agree that dumbledore is behind this and he is a big believer of giving people second chances, even to draco at the night of his death...

I agree to your opinion on Dumbledore's second chances...

yeh dumbledore proberly did this becuase when harry created the DA he was going to be expelled he was also going to be expelled for underage magic wich shows that they would expell people if it wasent for dumbledore

Yeah, I agree with pretty much everyone. While expulsion may occur for severe cases, it's much better to give out punishments than send an untrained wizard out into the world (since, as we know, they can still use magic like Hagrid did). Though I also think Dumbledore's second chances come into play, I doubt there were a lot of expulsions before that. I mean, I think Hagrid's the only actual expulsion we know about and that's because they thought he was responsible for the death of someone...but if it's just kids dueling in the halls and stuff, that's too be expected in a school with so many wizards in one place.

OR

People just didn't get expelled.

I mean - if you look at it this way: why do people get expelled nowadays: violence, injury to other students, creating a certain risk yeah.

Magic kind of changes the rules there - injuries are never so bad, there's generally a counter-curse for whatever you throw at someone, and they have Filch to scare the kiddies into line xD

I also get the feeling that Wizards are more laid back about such things. The legal system, the way people act - it's all how we (muggles) were 50, 60 years ago before we were pedantic about things.

Maybe Wizards are just cool with it all xD