Number of Students

[vderark]

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From: vderark
Subject: Re: Number of Students
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Date: 8/15/00 12:25 pm  (ET)

I think there are definitely more wizarding schools in the UK and
everywhere else. The "Big Three" are the premier schools, of course,
and everyone wants to get into them who has ambitions toward things like
the Ministry of Magic. But that doesn't make them the biggest by any
means. Sometimes the most exclusive schools are very small intentionally
because they're selective. Think too that the number of schools may also
have declined during the V years and is only now coming back.

It's intriguing to think that we are seeing a civilization in the
process of rebuilding itself after a terrible, decimating era in their
history. We can't automatically draw conclusions about what's "normal"
for this culture based on what it's like right now.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon