movie picture of the Sorting/number of teachers

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 12973

We may not be that far apart on number of students. I'm at 450-500, 
which is half JKR's number, but I think 300 is way too low.

The notion that many wizard kids aren't trained at Hogwarts seems 
intuitive, but it contradicts JKR.  She said in an interview that a 
magical quill writes down the names of magical children as they're 
born. Once a year Professor McGonagall takes the names of those 
turning eleven and sends the letters out.  There doesn't seem to be 
room for another system. OTOH, I have a hard time picturing Stan 
Shunpike as a Hogwarts student.  

There's also a problem with muggle-borns. All of them would have to 
go to Hogwarts, otherwise they'd be completely at sea in the wizard 
world. What do you do, then, with a muggle-born who has magic in him 
but doesn't quite pack the gear for Hogwarts? and how are students 
for Hogwarts selected? This could set up resentments in wizard 
society, which IMO has built-in tensions between the muggle-born 
and "pureblood" brances of society.

BTW, has anyone ever tried to come up with a list/links page of all 
the JKR interviews available on the Net?