[HPforGrownups] Re: Astronomy DEPARTMENT? (was: Snape's special title)

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 56230

On 26 Apr 2003 at 21:46, Hollydaze wrote:

> Unfortunately ;) we're leading back into some of the arguments connected to the 
> "number of students" question but there's something else that doesn't quite fit with the 
> idea of only having one teacher per subject that would support the idea of 
> departments. The books mention a Charms corridor, Peeves shouts it in fact: 
> "STUDENTS OUT OF BED DOWN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR" (PS Pg 118 UK 
> Paperback). It's after Filch nearly catches them in the Trophy room. I always thought 
> the idea of a *subject* corridor implied there was more than one classroom for that 
> subject but why would you need more than one classroom if there is only one teacher 
> per subject? Not to mention the fact that if there is only one teacher with only one 
> classroom then why do they need a rather large castle (it has at least 7 floors plus 
> towers and dungeons) as a school. Makes you wonder what's in the rest of the rooms!

Personally speaking, I don't think there's any real reason to assume that just because a 
Charms corridor is mentioned, that implies more than one Charms classroom (though I 
certainly wouldn't deny that possibility). When I read it, what it brought to mind was 
simply something I've seen in a lot of schools - the apparent need to give every location 
an identifiable name.

For my own purposes, I have mapped Hogwarts, and while I certainly can't claim my 
maps are accurate, as far as I can tell they use every bit of geographical information 
gleaned from the books. There *does* seem to be a lot of space in Hogwarts being used 
for so far unidentified purposes, or possibly totally empty (the fifth and sixth floors are 
nearly empty) - an dmy maps may well be undersized. I've even added in a few of the 
rooms that we know must exist but have no geographic information on (like the 
Ravenclaw Common Room) and I *still* have a lot of empty space. Hogwarts definitely 
seems to have a lot of room for rooms we don't know about yet.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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