Student body makeup of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

[Steve]

---  "anne_t_squires" <tfaucette6387 at ...> wrote:
>
> Anne Squires:
> 
> I noticed that in the film version of GoF all of the exchange
> students from Durmstrang are male and all of the students 
> from Beauxbatons are female.  This implies that the makeup 
> the student body of each school mirrors this; ...


bboyminn:

Keep in mind that we are not seeing a fair cross section of 
the students in the school. We are seeing the elite students, 
those who qualified for the tournament. 

In addition, we could be seeing a social bias, rather than a 
reflection of the make up of the student body. Beauxbatons 
teachers and administrators may favor girls because they are 
more well behaved and cooperative. Durmstrang may favor males 
because they are more aggressive and competitive. Now, I 
realize I am somewhat preying on stereo types, but I did say
the selection represents a BIAS at those schools.

So, while I think the movies did it to emphasis the important
characteristic of each school, I don't think it was truly and
attempt to define the student bodies of those schools. So, in
a sense, I think we are seeing 'movie shorthand', make a point
quickly and move on.

Just a thought.
Steve/bboyminn