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[zoehooch]

No: HPFGUIDX 37004

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Meg Demeranville" <mdemeran at h...> wrote:
> <snip>
> Zoe Hooch said:Perhaps it came from the Gryffindor petty cash fund?
> 
> Melanie replied: I personally think that is a very good explanation 
for 
> where the money may have came from.  I mean I am sure Hogwarts has 
some 
> extra money stashed a way for "important" things.  Thus, they most 
likely 
> took it our of the stash to give to harry because he showed great 
potential 
> as a seeker. <snip>
> 
> I can't buy this theory on several grounds. First, everyone seems 
in awe of 
> Harry's broom. To me, this implies that it must be a rarity to have 
such a 
> nice broom. Second, the note attached says that it is his broom, 
not the 
> school's, as it would be if it was paid for by the school. 

If McGonnagle has discretionary funds, why can't she buy a broomstick 
for Harry?  Just because it may been purchased with funds associated 
with Hogwarts in no way means that the Nimbus 2000 somehow belongs to 
the school. Hogwart's ain't real life. 

I believe that the faculty as whole, save of course Snape, is 
probably quite grateful to Harry Potter. If Voldemart had succeeded 
in killing Harry, the rule of terror would have just kept going and 
gotten stronger and probably a lot of Hogwart's faculty might be 
dead. Why not buy the boy a broom? I've always felt that McGonnagle 
feels a bit of guilt for placing Harry with the Dursley's ... she 
more than anyone knew what a dysfunctional family it was when they 
left Harry. Guilty enough, perhaps, to want to buy Harry the best 
broomstick ever made. Not to mention that ROI on the investment is 
quite high; Gryffindor will then have an excellent chance of winning 
the Quidditch championship and the house cup.

Zoe Hooch