Another question about the British school system

[alw at wilsonllp.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 8826

I feel pretty sure that "Double" classes are just twice as long as 
the other classes.  Most of the time when they're referring to their 
schedules, it seems like the "Double" classes are more than an hour 
long - I think they even refer to Double Potions as being at least 
two hours long.  Which makes sense if you think about it - an hour 
doesn't seem to be long enough to do potions or herbology.  

And then you also have Care of Magical Creatures - Harry and company 
have that with the Slytherin (although, as an elective class, I never 
quite got why all of Gryffindor signed up and all of Slytherin signed 
up) and that only seems to be an hour.

Amy

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, aiz24 at h... wrote:
> All the time discussions got me wondering about my original 
> interpretation of "Double" classes, as in "Double Potions."  I 
assumed 
> it meant twice as long, like a lab.  Now I'm wondering whether it 
> means "shared with another house."  Is this a common term in 
British 
> schools?
> 
> Amy Z
> 
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