[HPforGrownups] Hermione's birthday

[Amanda Farris]

No: HPFGUIDX 29752

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 Calypso8604 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/23/2001 7:48:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> radius_squared at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> Well, how can you be sure that Hermione is almost a year older instead of a
> couple months younger? It's more likely she's younger. The month of September
> is usually the latest month included for birthdays in a certain year....Oh
> dear, that made no sense but I can't grasp a better way to say what I mean...
>
> Ok, example then. My friend Sam's birthday is September 20th. He started
> kindergarten when he was 4 but a child born in October had to wait until the
> next year to start school. Hermione is probably one of the youngest in her
> year.
>

It depends on the school system. I too was born in late September and
entered kintergarten at age 4. So did several of my friends who were born
in October, November, and December. So when I graduated from high school,
95% of the students were all born in the same calendar year (1976).
Nowadays (in the same state and school disctricts), I believe the rules have changed. Some
schools cut in September, some October, some NOvember, and some even
December. I never understood why all the kids born in one calendar year
couldn't just enter kintergarten the same year, does a couple of months
really make that much of a difference?

As far as Hermione's age, I really have no opinion as of yet. Does it make
a difference if she ten months older or two month younger?

--
Hugs,
Amanda

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 Spooks come out for a swinging wake.
 Happy haunts materialize and begin to vocalize.
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