Do all wizards go to school?

[flower_fairy12]

No: HPFGUIDX 37450

I wrote:

 > I don't think Stan did go to Hogwarts, for the simple reason that 
if
> > he is only a few years older than Harry (about 18) then he would 
have
> > seen Harry in his first year at Hogwarts at least.
> 

gwendolyngrace Wrote: 

> Several things on this one.
> 
> First, Stan may have gone to Hogwarts, graduated in Harry's first or
> second year, and Harry still may not have ahad any reason to notice
> him. If Stan was in a different house (we're guessing Hufflepuff) 
and
> at least 5 years older than Harry, why would Harry have seen him 
among
> the sea of other students (250 or 1000, if you don't have contact, 
you
> don't have contact)?


What I meant was when Harry go onto the Knight Bus, Stan didn't 
recognise him at all, and Stan belived that Harry was called 'Neville 
Longbottom'. If Stan really had attended Hogwarts, then 

1. He would already recognise Harry

2. He would have already known Neville Longbottom as someone else if 
he saw the sorting of Harry's year. 


Of course, this is all just assuming that Stan Shunpike ever even 
*went* to Hogwarts. He could have left the year before Harry 
attended, or he might have even gone to some wierd school on the 
plains of Africa. We just do not know. Sigh. 

Rosie