Harry's Family/Impossible timetables

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No: HPFGUIDX 38443

Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
> 
> Monday, April 29, 2002, 12:38:15 PM, EtonBuffy wrote:
> 
> E> I was just re-reading Sorcerer's Stone and a question popped into my 
> E> head.  If Harry has no other family than the Dursleys, and it is 
> E> quoted often in the book that Mrs. Dursley pretends that she does not 
> E> even have a sister, how does she know that her sister is pregnant, 
> E> let alone the name of her son?  
> 
> They don't know anything, do they, 'til they receive Dumbledore's
> letter...?
> 
> -- 
> Dave

Canon: Vernon thinks about Harry's existance in the first chapter of 
PS, before Harry is left in his door (for example, wonders about 
Harry's name after hearing wizards mention the Potters)

Felicia wrote:
> I wonder, as this is not mentioned in canon, if there are several teachers
> in each department many of which we don't know because Harry doesn't.
> 
> Felicia

You posted this while I was working with my maths, so I'm addressing it 
somewhat out-of-place. We've got a very low number of teachers to go 
around (about a dozen, or maybe 15), so I don't think your idea -which 
would solve many other problems- is canon-proof. The real problem, 
Snape and DADA classes (see my other post) is canon-based: Snape 
teaches all potions and there is no other DADA teacher than the main 
one. About the only way it would be possible in PoA for Snape to be 
able to sleep is if some other teacher (McGonnagal?) also teached DADA 
that week, and even then he has an excess of 4 hours avery week.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf