[HPforGrownups] Scholastic chat/ what did we learn from this?

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 3817

>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.


Weren't there about 100 round tables each holding 10 people set up for the 
Yule Ball?  Of course, the Ball was really only for 4th years and up, but when 
you factor in dates and guests maybe it goes back up.  Not sure what my point 
is but maybe this is evidence?

Kathy