[HPforGrownups] Re: Number of pupils at Hogwarts ?miscalculation?

[Jennifer Kington]

No: HPFGUIDX 30283




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>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Number of pupils at Hogwarts ?miscalculation?
>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 03:09:52 -0000
>
>At the Yule Ball, there were "about a hundred smaller,
>lantern-lit ones
> > [tables], each seating about a dozen people". This would lead one to
>expect
> > that there would be over 1000 pupils at the ball.
>
>
>Here is a mistake concerning the books that no one has picked up on
>yet. Let's say there were 200 people in each house. That means about
>86 people per year. Half of those would be boys, so about 43 boys per
>year per house. When Harry mentions his "dorm," there are at most 7 or
>eight boys in his year, while, according to statistics, there should
>be at least 40. Did I make a stupid mistake and miss something, or
>have I made a point?
>
>-Hannah
>
I'm glad I'm not the only one that's noticed that. I think I read in an 
interview once that JKR said there were about 1000 students at Hogwarts. 
Later when discussing the movie, I think she changed and said there were 
about 400. She probably realized, like a lot of us, that 1000 students would 
be impossible. That school would be severely under staffed. Even if all the 
teachers used time turners, they would never sleep or have any sort of free 
time. Their days would be ridiculously long. That and Harry's house and year 
would be extremely small compared to all other years and houses (5 
Gryffindor boys, about 3 Gryffindor girls as far as we know, for starters). 
Of course, I can't actually say if my memory is even remotely accurate! - 
Jen
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