Hogwarts- A Tight Schedule

[Katie Mapes]

No: HPFGUIDX 43583

I just wanted to point out a couple of things on the scheduling debate that 
I haven't seen anyone mention so far (my apologies if someone did and I 
missed it).  First, there seems to be more than one house per class, in a 
lot of cases.  For example, Harry talks about having double potions with 
the Slytherins.  Second, they don't have every class every day or in a 
regular schedule (hence having things like "double potions").  So, say 
Snape teaches 14 potions classes (two classes per year) 3 times a week, and 
assuming each class period is an hour, that's a 42 hour work week.  When 
you factor in grading papers and such that's a long work week, but it 
doesn't seem impossible.

The class I'm curious about is DADA which the Gryffindors seem to have by 
themselves.  Is it possible that sometimes the houses combine for classes 
and sometimes they don't?  Or do they only have, say, one or two DADA 
lessons per week?  

"Katie Mapes"