Prefects/Forms? (was Re: Question From A befuddled American)

[Neil Ward]

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Rowena said:

<< 'Forms' sound like a way of breaking up years into manageable bits. Since
Hogwarts years seem to number forty or so this probably isn't necessary. >>

I agree that Hogwarts years seem to number forty or so, but JKR said in an
interview that Hogwarts has about 1,000 students.  Since we take her word as
law, this threw a spanner in the works, since some of us (not all) had
pretty much settled on about 300 students.

<<  Uh, streaming? Is that anything like 'tracking' which means seperating
students into groups aimed at college or at vocational schools, a practice
extremely controversial here in America. >>

I'm showing my age.  Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned streaming at all,
but it is usually the organisation of students by ability level -
controversial, as you say.

<< It is the function of magic to bend the laws of physics ;) and what is a
L.O.O.N.? >>

Good point... and L.O.O.N. is the League Of Obsessed Nitpickers, a group of
members of this list who are offered membership on the evidence of their
posts on topics such as the number of prefects at Hogwarts.

Neil
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