Number of teachers?

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 34107

I wrote:
> > I just don't see how it is possible for the 12 teachers we have to teach that number of pupils (even if it is as low 
> > as 280 - 10 per house per year) unless they are ALL double house classes, and with no breaks, as that would be 20 per 
> > class and so 14 simultaneous classes which is already more than the number of teachers we have! And we know that 
> > Harry's year Gryffindors only seem to have Potions and Herbology with another house, it is likely that this is 
> > similar with other houses, especially if it is true that Ravenclaw don't have any lessons with other houses. 

> One additional factor is that the kids don't have every subject every day.  In 
> HPSS, Astronomy is just Wednesdays at midnight, Herbology is stated to be 3 
> times per week, and DADA doesn't start until Friday so it's clearly not every day.  
> On the first day of classes in CoS, they have 3 subjects.
OK that takes another teacher out of the equation, it still means that with double lessons there are 14 simultaneous lessons going on and now only 11 teachers to teach them. That leaves us with 14 classes, and 11 teachers.

> If the kids have 3 classes per day it's do-able; 4 houses times 7 years is 28 
> groups of kids and if they have 3 classes per day that's 84 class sessions per 
> week; divide by 12 teachers and that's 7 per teacher per day.  Lighten that load 
> a bit to 5 classes per day because of the double sessions, and that's a typical 
> load for a US high-school teacher. 

Firstly as I pointed out above, it is actually only 11 teachers that we can really count as the Astronomy lessons take place at night on different (?) days (perhaps one year per night - 7 years / 7 days). That would give you around seven to eight. Where did five classes come from? Is this just for the teachers? I still don't see how that is possible 8but then I also don't see how the timetables work) Harry only has 3 classes per day and in every year they always seem to follow one another, in the 1st year he (seems) to have two lessons before lunch and 1 lesson after lunch (could be two it is not really clear - double lessons etc) followed imediatly by supper/dinner. WHere are teh "gaps" where the other classes would take place? The fact that HRH's timetables don't change as to when their lessons are placed would imply that every year has the same time table schedules and so every lesson is going on at the same time. Hence there must be a few more teachers.

One other problem, so far we only know of three lessons (in Harry's year) that are tought with two houses, Potions, Herbology and Flying (may only be in one year anyway) so if this is the same in every year (these are the only double house lessons) then that only makes SNape and Sprouts work loads lighter, not any body elses. 

Another problem is that Muggle Studdies, Ancient Runes, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy only seem to start in the 3rd year (plus some others we don't know?) that means that the time table is altered for years 1 and 2 to have extra lessons in Potions, DADA, Transfiguration, Herbology, History of Magic and Charms (plus one flying lesson as far as we know) that means that there are two years have extra of these lessons, so these teachers will have mroe tot each than there Muggle Studdies, Ancient Runes, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy counterparts (who only teach a limited number of people in years 3 - 7 - people pick their subjects so not everyone does these lessons) Everyone does Potions, DADA, Transfiguration, Herbology, History of Magic and Charms (and possibly Flying) so their timetabels will be even more cramped!

I'm still seeing problems with this so please clear it up if you can!

HOLLYDAZE!!!


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