Hermione's age

[john at walton.to]

No: HPFGUIDX 23420

Replying to this rather late...

Eb:

> Do you mean to tell me that the British system is 
> so rigid that there is no room for moving that date?  Even in 2001?  

It certainly wasn't that rigid, *particularly* in the independent school 
system, when I went to school. In fact, it was VERY flexible. I was always 
the youngest (see below), and there were often people two years older than I 
was in my class.

> Al, I know you're a British contemporary of the characters... do you 
> mean to tell me that all of the kids in your school fell exactly 
> between the September 1-August 31 boundaries?  I'll e-mail a couple 
> of the headteachers I've met this summer today to get their take on 
> this issue.

As another British contemporary of the characters (358 days younger than 
Hermione, September 12th), I can empathise with her situation. I was always 
the youngest in my year, and I certainly felt that I had something to prove, 
and prove it I did. I went into Third Year (supposed age 13+) at the age of 
12 and turned 13 three days later. ::grin:: Did I mention that I graduated 
top of my class? ::halo::

> --Ebony AKA AngieJ (who gets more and more nervous about posting 
> anything of substance to the main list by the hour)

I'm very upset to hear this -- I often find your posts among the most 
interesting, well-thought out and thought-provoking of our members. This list 
is not supposed to be intimidating, although of course I understand that it 
can often feel so, with people nitpicking away at one's posts, logic, grammar 
etc. Let's try to bear in mind that some people like to do that, and 
sometimes folks do forget to add the positive comments before the nitpicking. 
As the founder of LOONIEST (eyes roll ::roll, roll::) I am often guilty of 
this. If it's anything I've said, I apologise sincerely!

--John
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