OT: Repeating years (was: Marcus Flint)

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 8292

At my school they pick out the students who are really good at sports and
encourage them to take the final exams spread over two years so they can be
in the top team both years and benefit the school's chances of winning. It's
sickening. :-(

Simon.

Rita Winston wrote:
> As IIRC Neil already mentioned, the fans decided that Flint had
> failed too many classes and had to repeat one year BEFORE JKR said on
> in an on-line chat. Muggle schools don't let people with students
> with sufficiently bad grades have extra-curricular activities (unless
> they are REALLY GOOD athletes, important for the team to win), but I
> expect that Dumbledore believes that a student should be allowed to
> do the one thing he's good at.