Hogwarts Exams and education

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 34542

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:

> I believe they have exams set for them at the end of each term: 
> autumn, spring and summer.  It was only the exams at the end of the 
> summer term that were cancelled.
> 
> --Barb

Do you have any Canon to back that up? I don't recall any exam (not 
even "surprise exams" as the ones I get to keep us students on our toes 
the whole year) apart from the ones just before the summer.

Anyway, has it been discussed the sort of education Harry's year in 
general and Harry himself are receiving? I mean, exams get cancelled 
pretty often (Harry's only done two series of exams in four years), and 
people like Crabbe, Goyle and Longbottom seem to pass without too many 
dificulties. Also, the only known cases of poeple flunking and 
repeating a year are Flint (and it was a flint, thus the name of JKR's 
errors, I think), and some other Quiditch captain (again a possible 
flint). Is it me, or is the education REALLY low-case?

Hope s.o. can help,

Grey Wolf