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[hulintay]

No: HPFGUIDX 31362


> Jenett Wrote:
> When I was at boarding school, we had smallish dorms (6 to 40 
people in
> each) and most of them were converted mid-sized houses. My cluster 
of
> dorms was a good 10 minute walk (if you pushed it, most people took 
more
> like 15) from the main academic quad and the dining hall. Most of 
us did
> that walk at least 4 times a day, plus some level of required 
athletics.
> (whether that was supervised walking for 20-40 minutes, or 
something more
> energetic.) That's 40-90 minutes of walking every day, depending on 
how 
> many times you went back and forth, and how energetic you were. 
> 
> I'm wondering if there might be a reasonable similar effect at 
Hogwarts - 
> the simple act of walking from bedroom to dining hall to class to 
class to 
> dining hall to outside for Care of Magical Creatures, and so forth 
might 
> not be providing a good bit more exercise than is immediately 
apparent. 

hi,
If you take a closer look at all 4 books, you'll notice how JK notes 
the distance between each class, and the time they have to move, 
change etc. between classes.

One example - a paragraph from CoS: "By the end of the class, Harry, 
like everyone else, was sweaty, aching and covered in earth. They 
traipsed back to the castle for a quick wash and then the Gryffindors 
hurried off to Transfiguration."

As you can see, the time allotted for movement is really long, which 
goes to show they are *expected* to take that long to move from class 
to class. This goes to show the length of the distance between each 
class.

Therefore, I agree with the comment that "40-90 minutes of walking 
every day", although the students wouldn't be walking all the time. 
In other books, there are frequent mentions of the students hurrying 
to their next class because they were late, etc. Of course, this is 
ridiculous considering that Hogwarts is a school after all, and 
spending 1-2 hours travelling is absurd...

Whatever the case, this does prove the point that the students at 
Hogwarts *do* get plenty of excercise, though mostly from travelling 
within the school itself.

Any other suggestions?

hulintay
a.k.a.
***Astral?!?Wizard***