Socio Economic data and HP + OT question about American College education.

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 5130

I think it might be interesting to discuss class issues here
and how they play out in the HP books, and how they are different
in the U.S. and the U.K. and anywhere else members are at...

It WOULD be interesting to know ses status, education status of the
members of this list. Could someone construct a poll? Add books
read in a year (BEFORE Harry Potter, since I am not reading too many 
new books because I'm too busy REreading HP). Maybe add: newspapers 
read, magazines read....Someone else interested in this, or should I 
do it, or are we being elitist? Someone would have to construct the
U.K. and other country equivalent to U.S. bachelor's, 
masters/law/medical, ph.d. etc.

Computers are still expensive in the U.S. More and more people have 
them. But they are still far more expensive than a VCR. A lot of 
people have email at work, but not a huge amount of time to devote
to list serves and egroups. In addition, a separate phone line costs 
money, too.  (I'd be interested to hear what others think). Then, 
there is some cost associated with internet access. It adds up.


Susan