[HPforGrownups] Combined Classes (WAS Re: How Twenty is Twenty?)

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 46579



kateydidnt2002 wrote:

> 
> Tehehehe, imagine the special effects in *that* school play. I don't
> think all classes are two houses combined. We know for sure that
> Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying  (I assume Flying is for
> first year students only, since that is the only place we have heard
> it mentioned) and Herbology are all combined classes. However,
> Defense against the Dark Arts has never been mentioned as two houses
> combined and we have seen the inside of that classroom as often as we
> have the Potion's room. I assume Transfiguration and Divination and
> Charms are not combined because it has not yet been mentioned, and
> there would definetly be something mentioned in the books if other
> houses were in with the Gryffindors in Divination. If there is cannon
> evidence contradicting what I have just said, it means I *really*
> need to re-read the books....
> However, have you noticed that we have *never* heard what an
> Astronomy class is like?
> Have you also noticed that the Gryffindors are most of the time
> combined with Slytherin? In Book two they are with Hufflepuff in
> Herbology, but that is the only time they are not with the
> Gryffindors. They have never been in a class together with the
> Ravenclaws! There is evidence to this, so it is not pure assumption-
> in book four when Harry asks Parvati to the Yule Ball he then asks
> her if she knows someone who could go with Ron. Parvati answers
> something to the effect of "Sure,  I could ask Padma, you know my
> twin in Ravenclaw" (sorry I lent my book to my sister, can't look it
> up!) if they were closely associated with the Ravenclaws or having
> classes with them, then she would not have had to really say anything
> beyond the name.
> Kateydidnt
> 

There was mention of double Divinations at one point.. though only
Gryffindor students were ever mentioned by name in the class, which
supports my stating that 'double' classes are twice as long, not
refering to two houses in a class.  However, maybe the rest of the
students in the class did nothing worth mentioning?  Hard to say whats
going on without an exact list of everyone in every class. For all we
know, there might be classes with all 4 houses in them at once.. Maybe
History, since its easier to sleep in a large class then a small one. I
doubt if any of the houses would stir up trouble with each other in that
class, since their brains would be too dulled with boredom for them to
find the energy. ;)


Jazmyn