Not quite Hogwarts but...

[Nick Mitchell]

No: HPFGUIDX 6282

>"So, what do we think about boarding schools, people?  Personally, I
>am fascinated by them, and part of the appeal of the HP books to me
>is the same as the appeal that Tom Browns Schools Day and other books
>about English boarding schools have always had for me."

I love them... at the moment I visit a boarding school once a week, it's in
Windsor - just below the Queens castle.
The school has both boarders and day pupils... which is quite common in the
UK these days - though there must be some boarding only schools around
still.

One thing I notice about the school is the very friendly attitude.  Everyone
knows everyone else... regardless if they are in the class or not.  All the
teachers know all the pupils... and they even seem to know the best place to
find a pupil who is late finishing a class.   That's another thing about
boarding schools - although they work to a timetable... it is more flexiable
than an average schools - Jack is supposed to finish school at 4pm on a
Wednesday (he's a day pupil) yet I have never known him to finish class at
4pm... often it's 4.30 by the time he comes out.

Nick.