HWGA -- Number of students

[jferer]

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From: jferer
Subject: Re: HWGA -- Number of students
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Date: 8/15/00 10:05 am  (ET)

It certainly is possible that Hogwarts is underpopulated. Good
point. There may not have been a large "baby boom" after Voldemort's
first defeat because there weren't "troops" that went away and then came
home. Increasing optimism would have meant an upper trend of some kind,
though. Another factor may be that some wizarding people would have not
marrying Muggles during the first struggle for fear of what would happen
to them and their families, depressing population growth further. "If
we hadn't married Muggles we would have died out".

I'm not convinced of it, there's no direct evidence I know of.
Another speculation on the other side is there could be more Hufflepuffs
and Ravenclaws than Gryffindors and Slytherins. There's a lot more people
who do the work than there are who get the glory. There's absolutely no
evidence for this, either.

The Weasleys seem to be the kind of family that embodies hope and
optimism, don't they?