Symbols on the List- my theory

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No: HPFGUIDX 32425

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I've been reading the discussion this list has been having about J 
Rowling's 'class list' which she showed during the BBC interview on 
Thursday night and I was so interested - and obsessive - that I've 
been doing a bit of researching myself.  I've even created a small 
database on my computer with the information she's given.  I've got a 
few theories, I hope no-one minds me jumping in here, it's just been 
a lot of fun thinking about this.  I'm probably wrong...I just 
thought I'd share.

First, JK did state before she showed the list that they show 'names, 
houses and magical prowess'  (I was going to write the actual quote, 
but i can't get into the Leaky Cauldron's transcript of the 
interview, so, sorry, you'll have to confirm that point yourself *g*) 
I'm going to take that at face value and assume that the symbols on 
the second row (which I've imaginatively called N Square, Star and 
Circled Star) refer to that.  


N SQUARE:

Granger Hermoine	N Square	G
Abbott Hannah	        N Square	H
Finch-Fletchley	Justin	N Square	H
Boot Trevor		N Square	R
Entwhistle Kevin	N Square	R
				

N Square= Natural Talent

There are at least two *known* mudblood's in this group, Hermoine and 
Justin.  I think N stands for 'Natural', as in natural talent.  I'd 
expect this to be found in mudblood's more than purebloods, because 
they'd have to be pretty powerful to be taken in at Hogwarts as 
opposed to a muggle school, wouldn't they?   Dumbeldore wouldn't take 
any old muggle, the talent would have to be there already.  So 
there'd naturally (hah, bad joke) be a higher proportion of natural 
mudbloods than purebloods with talent.  I expect that purebloods and 
halfbloods are on this list as well, just not as many.

As a side note, I think the N is only in a square to differentiate 
from the letters in the third column (house R H G S)

STAR:

Bones Susan	      Star	H
Corner Michael	      Star	H
GoldsteinAnthony      Star	H
Hopkins	Wayne	      Star	H
Jones Megan           Star	H
Brocklehurst Mandy    Star	R
Le Su	              Star	R
Bulstrode Millicent   Star	S

Star= Least talent.  

None of the Gryffindor's are here, it seems mainly to contain 
Hufflepuffs.  Now, no offence, to Huffles, but they are often 
referred to as the house with the least talent (take Draco's insult 
of them in PS/SS for instance) and the Sorting Hat talks about them 
as being "just and loyal", which, although nice qualities, aren't 
representative of magical talent, like I think the others are.  
Hufflepuff never get much to boast about (note their reaction to 
Harry becoming a Champion against Cedric).  My basic point here is 
that I think of all four houses, Hufflepuff are the least talented 
when it comes to magic, which makes it unsurprising that mainly 
Hufflepuffs have Stars against their name.  




CIRCLED STAR:

Brown Lavender	   Circle Star	G
Finnigan Seamus	   Circle Star	G
Cornfoot Stephen   Circle Star	R
MacDougal Isobel   Circle Star	R
Crabbe Vincent	   Circle Star	S
Goyle Gregory	   Circle Star	S
Greengrass Queenie Circle Star	S
				
Circled Star= Average.

There are no Hufflepuff's here, yet it's fairly representative of all 
the other houses (2-3 students for each), and I can't imagine what 
else Slytherins (such as Vincent and Gregory) have in common with the 
other two houses (with the likes of Seamus or Lavender).  

I have no idea what that large upside down star means next to the 
remaining pupil that was shown (can't remember her name).  Maybe she 
was going to be a natural talent but was changed to least talent, and 
JK just drew the star too boldly?

What do you think of my theory, anyway?

Adia
X(my first post!)

PS: I really doubt there are ANY halfbloods in Slytherin, let alone 
mudbloods, considering that it's Salazar's house, and he was against 
anything that wasn't pureblood.  Just a thought.