attrition

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: attrition
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7108] Re: Number of students, again
Date: 8/20/00 4:16 pm  (ET)

By: estesrandy
Date: 8/17/00 6:36 pm

Let's not forget about the attrition problem. What with potions mixed
improperly leading to explosions. Various misshaps in Hagrid's classes. A
few students seeing a basilisk or two. They probably lose a few students
when they tell their parents what happened at school last semester!
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I don't think there is really an attition problem. Lupin remembered a boy
who "almost got killed" so I don't think its normal to lose students. the
parents aren't likely to remove their children from the only/or at least
the best school in the UK. Such "minor" happenings are probably part
and parcel for wizard students.