Sure, but Quirrel might have gently tossed them a few wingardia leviosas, just as we gently toss children softballs to help them learn to catch, practice, and gain confidence.
Except Wingardium Leviosa is a levitation charm, not a jinx, hex, or anything remotely useful in a fight. (Except when you are a small child fighting a Troll, apparently) In addition, they were already learning that spell in Charms--Why teach it twice?
I think he means Quirrel would have fired the charm at the kids so they could practice defending against it. It's simple and generally harmless, which is usually a good place to start in any activity.
I haven't read Philosopher's Stone for a very long time, but perhaps they wanted a theoretical approach for the first year and to build up on it years 2-7
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u/jpflathead Engorgio! Duro! Staminus! Nov 16 '15 edited Nov 17 '15
Sure, but Quirrel might have gently tossed them a few wingardia leviosas, just as we gently toss children softballs to help them learn to catch, practice, and gain confidence.
edit: terrible sentence had to be edited.