Occams Razor

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 4238

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:

 "And there is also, clearly, stuff that JKR is just not paying 
attention to - since many parts of the books (the size of the common 
rooms, the number of earmuffs, brooms, cauldrons, carriages, tables 
at the dance, etc.) are not consistent with there being 1000 Hogwarts 
students.  I think we will just have to learn to live with these 
little inconsistencies.  Or the big ones."

This just occurred to me.  Why do we assume that All of Gryffindors 
in Harry's year have classes at the same time?  With a large group of 
kids (approximately 140 a year)it would not be unreasonable to split 
them up into more manageable groups. 10 Gryffs and 10 Slyths in 
Potions at a time instead of 140 all at once, for example.  This 
would explain why we don't see all the rest of Harry's classmates.  
They simply have different schedules.  

Trina (who is really tired, but very excited to learn that Hermione's 
b-day is on the 19th of Sept, one day after hers)