User blog comment:Jiskran/Realistic RL vs Hogwarts 'realistic'/@comment-10525859-20140215220708/@comment-5137743-20140216032656

Ordinary fights are not generally viewed as potentially lethal by staff and parents - and the whole purpose of the school is to teach students, above all, responsible use of whatever magic they have in them, therefore in duelling 'illegally' they have entirely circumvented the point. Magic, in the school, is never meant to be used to settle differences, which is why even teachers are not permitted Transfiguration as a punishment.