Number of teachers?

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 34120

I wrote:
<< 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 immediately by supper/dinner. Where are the "gaps" where the other 
classes would take place?>>

joanne0012 wrote:
> What "gaps" are you referring to? It seems that the kids have 3 subjects per 
> day (plus Astronomy on Wednesday nights).  But the teachers would have to 
> teach 5 classes per day in order to cover this schedule, which is about the same 
> number of classes that US high-school teachers have each day, which makes it 
> plausible.  The kids have breaks between classes (we've seen them clean up after 
> Herbology before going to their next class) so a five-period schedule for 
> teachers, with each kid having classes during 3 of those periods each day, makes 
> sense.

the point I was trying to make is that five lessons for a teacher can't work! The person I was responding too seemed to be implying that the teachers taught five lessons a day (correct me if I'm wrong) and I was trying to say that that wouldn't work because there are no "gaps" where these extra two lessons would fit. Basically, if Harry only has 3 lessons a day but the teachers have five then there would have to be two "gaps" where Harry did not have lessons but these do not exist! 


<< 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. >>

> Do we really have evidence of this?  IIRC, the kids are very curious about what 
> their new schedules look like, indicating that they change very year. 

Again you have missed my point (or I did not phrase it well enough) The point was that although the lessons them selves change, the slots don't. Although in one year they might have (this is only an example) Potions, Charms and DADA on a Monday and the following year they might have, DADA then History of magic, then Herbology. The basic structure stays the same, I.E Lesson, lesson, lunch Lesson (possibly another after that?). That doesn't leave any gaps and it doesn't allow for where these "other" two lessons would take place!

>> One other problem, so far we only know of three lessons (in Harry's year) 
that are taught 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 else's. >>

> Right, but we have seen that Herbology and DADA are classes that are doubled 
> up, so this makes sense -- the courses with the most kids taking them have to 
> be doubled up.

DADA is not doubled up! Transfiguration and Charms aren't either, and neither (as far as we know) is History of Magic. We don't know about Astronomy, it may have Ravenclaws. If it had Slytherins we would have heard about it because Harry would have mentioned whatever Malfoy was up to, and there is also the possibility of Hufflepuffs being there. That means that out of the 6 lessons they seem to have in ALL years (I'm not counting flying as that is not clear) only two of them are DEFINALTY double housed. You say that "the courses with the most kids taking them have to be doubled up" and so it works but Transfiguration, Charms, DADA, and History of magic are all the lessons with the most people in (along with P and H) as they are taken in every year and yet they are not doubled -house wise- so no it does not work.

I may not have made my point clear again if so then just say so and I will try to clarify.

HOLLYDAZE!!!
Who is not going to back down easily. Mainly due to the fact that she is trying to take her mind of her sick Hamster (Lupin).





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