[HPforGrownups] Re: Student population at Hogwarts (Long!)

[Tim Kronsell]

No: HPFGUIDX 18487

How CAN the houses be of similar size, considering the method of selection?

Darreder

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>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...>
>wrote:
><snipped - huge dissitation on Hogwarts student population>
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>Hey, that was great, but it didn't tie in with my long held view on
>this, so here it is:
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>I don't believe the houses are equally sized.  Some of the quirkier
>English public schools (really top-notch private schools) have house
>systems where the houses are not equally sized.  I've always viewed
>Gryffindor as being one of the smaller houses (no evidence for this
>except for the small numbers in Harry's year).
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>There must also be huge demographic fluctuations with such a small
>wizarding community so that each year group will have a different
>number of students in it, as well as the sorting arrangement leading
>to different proportions of each year group being in each house each
>year.
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>When comments like "We've got double Potions with the Slytherins next"
>are made, that does not necessarily mean all the Slytherins.  If the
>school aims for class sizes of approximately 20, and there are
>(approx) 10 Griffindors, 30 Slytherins, 30 Hufflepuffs and 20 or 40
>Ravenclaws, then the Griffindors will share classes with some of the
>Slytherins and some of the Hufflepuffs for some lessons (but never
>Ravenclaw).  For timetabling reasons it would end up being the same
>group of Slytherins they shared with (so Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle
>always show up).  I've always rationalised the 1000 students statement
>this way, but it's always bothered me there aren't enough teachers -
>ahh well!
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>Florence.
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