school years + ships + GoF movie

[Megan]

No: HPFGUIDX 28161

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sofie " <sofie_elisabeth at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., shanerichmond at h... wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, just to add my experiences to Sofie's comments above. I 
> > turned 11 on June 30 1985 and started secondary school in September 
> > 85. My best friend throughout school had his birthday on September 
> >4, meaning that he was twelve just days after starting secondary 
> >school while I had to wait another ten months, turning 12 just two 
> >weeks before term finished. Purely from my experience, I would say 
> >this is the most plausible answer to the mystery.
> 
> Finally someone who agrees with me, woohoo!

Locally, our "cut-off" date is September 1st.  Anyone born after that
is deferred until the next year.  You must be 5 (for kindergarten) by
that date to entire primary school.  This seems logically when applied
to Hermione's situation.  There's no direct evidence that she could
have possibly received an "early letter".  As I argued before, if
Hermione were a "special case" then why wouldn't some comment have
been made by the teachers (because obviously they'd have to be
consulted for this special case).  They did know her, or of her,
before Hermione's arrival at Hogwarts.  Just because she's intelligent
doesn't mean she was necessarily skipped up in Hogwarts.  Besides, the
wizard world strikes me as something independent--and not following
trends of "moving up in the grades" as a Muggle school might.  Seems
to me Dumbledore would simply find more work for them <g>.  Not to
mention the social-ramifications! (coming from a man who is trying to
make everyone "equal" at Hogwarts)

-Megan (semi-Shipper, P.I.N.E., small-Hogwarts, pro-1979, R/H,
will-never-qualify-as-a-L.O.O.N., and the thousands of other little
acronyms you guys seem to make up from thin-air...[make a guide, PLEASE!])
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