Scholastic chat/ what did we learn from this?

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 3729


> 
> > The 1000 students is closer to the number (800 or so) that I 
always
> > imagined, but she didn't give info on how many kids per year, or 
how
> > many teachers there are.
> 
> The 1000 students seemed off-the-cuff & not well-thought out to 
me.  How
> do you explain that Harry has such a small class if there are really
> 1000 students there?  That would be 150 students per year, which 
works
> out to be roughly 35 per House per year.  Why would there only be 8
> Gryffindors that year if there should be closer to 35?  Makes *no* 
sense
> to me.

Can you imagine how long it would take to sort 150 kids? I think the 
enthusiastic applause would be waning a bit by the time the 70th or 
80 kid put on the hat, and dinner had to wait another hour...

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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