Wizard children responsibility (was: when is lights out ?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 33956

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alexander <lav at t...> wrote:
>Even those of you who are of
> Western origin and grown up in much more liberal environment
> find Hogwarts extremely "unregulated". And still some
> resemblance of order exists in the school. With minimum of
> 280 students of various ages, families, upbringings,
> nationalities, heritage and genders, and only 12 professors,
> 1 director and 1 Filch to control them, such order can only
> be imposed by students themselves. And for that to do, they
> must have much more responsibility than their age would
> suggest.

Two ideas: (1) The use of magic.  Perhaps a watered-down version
of the Imperius charm, which gives them some freedom but keeps
them from going over the edge. (2) Uncontrolable witches/wizards got 
selected out by them getting themselves killed before they reproduce. 
(Thanks, Darwin!)

The Hogwarts age range is a seething cauldron of hormones even when
you add the preceptors and first girl and boy, you have little 
supervision.  Perhaps D'dore or somebody has a map like that of the
Marauders, that tells him what most everybody is up to. Of course,
it would itself need limits to preserve privacy.

Tex