[HPforGrownups] More Questions (was Re: The timeline on the DVD *confirms* canon).

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 55567

On 17 Apr 2003 at 14:53, serenadust wrote:

>  First, Hermione (because of her extreme precocity) is an extremely 
> rare exception to the UK practice of not admitting children to 
> school unless they are of age on Sept. 1.  If she has always been 
> the youngest in her class, then I suppose it would be consistent for 
> Hogwarts to admit her at the age of ten because she would have 
> received the same number of years of schooling as her muggle-
> born/educated peers.  However, the UK members of the list have been 
> fairly consistent in declaring that children who are underage are 
> never admitted early, so I have trouble buying this.

I work with gifted children, and am on about a dozen different discussion lists based 
around the world for these kids, including one fairly British-specific list. I know 
personally of 7 kids in Britain who were admitted to school early, and I know 3 adults 
who would have been within a couple of years of Hermiones age who were admitted 
early in the 1980s. It may be very rare - but it happens. I doubt it gets much publicity, 
because generally speaking the authorities (LEAs?) are very concerned about it 
creating precedents, but I don't think the possibility can be ruled out. If I didn't have a 
week off from uni I might even be able to find journal articles about this - I'm reasonably 
sure I've seen one in one of the gifted specific magazines, but I read a lot of those. I 
might look when I get back to uni.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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