hermione and Harry-ages

[pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no]

No: HPFGUIDX 27938

I disagree somewhat with this.  

To take the calendar-shifts thorugh history first, these have always 
been made to bring the calendar in line with what is actually going 
on with regards to seasons and celestial events.  I'd rather think 
that the wizards, with their great interest in astronomy (and 
astrology for that event) would be ahead of the muggles in keeping 
their calendar accurate.  I do not see the wizards as being rather 
dynamic in some things.

Regarding school-systems, I see Hogwarts as being very integrated 
into the British system of primary and secondary schools.  If Sept. 
1st is the break-off date in muggle schools in Britain, and Hogwarts 
allows muggleborn/muggleraised students, it will be prudent for 
Hogwarts to adopt the same break-off date.  If it has a break-off 
date that makes Hermione among the youngest in her year, she'd have 
to miss a year of primary school.  I can see muggle parents 
disagreeing to this.  I also fail to see any compelling reasons why 
Hermione should not be among the oldest in her year.

Best regards
Christian Stubø

--- In HPforGrownups, "Tandy, Heidi" wrote:
> I was just talking with Ebony about this last night. Clearly,
> hogwarts predates the british school system, and while its
> possible that hogwarts changed the deadline to mesh with the
> British school system, I think its just as likely that they use
> deadlines made in ancient times - likely options would be the
> solstice or Halloween. I know you're saying Angelina's birthday
> is before Halloween, but a few hndred years ago, Britain
> "jumped" forward about 15 days when switching calendars- and
> the Hogwarts date might be somehow linked to the old "All
> Hollows Eve."