transfer students

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 38207

Eloise wrote:
> Where does JKR say she dislikes American transfer students? I have 
> never heard that quoted.
> 
> Eloise, who is glad to say that a number of American families (and a 
> variety of other of ex-pats) enrich her childrens' school.

JKR was heavily pressed by movie directors and publishers to include an 
"American transfer student" in Hogwarts, because they felt it would 
make the books more attractive to American children (that was way back, 
when she started to be famous). JKR, obviously, put her foot down with 
her characteristic strenght, and no transfer students have been 
included. I probably expressed the idea the wrong way: JKR does not say 
she hates transfer students in general, only she doesn't want transfer 
students in Hogwarts at this particular time, and it doesn't look, at 
any rate, as if transfer students can happen (the only canon is Draco's 
option of attending Durmstrang.

Anyway, can you believe I never considered Karkaroff as a Hogwart's 
teacher? I picture him about Snape's age, and I think he was, in fact, 
a Slytherin from the same year (I don't picture snape in first-name 
basis with anyone else appart from a school peer). He's just too young 
to have teached at Hogwarts and THEN getting to head of another school. 
But then again, I've got no canon, just gut-feeling, so for all I know 
he could be old enough.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, who loves transfer students, no matter where they can from, 
since they normally know enough English for him to practise.