Snape and Hermione (non-SHIP post)

[Serena Moonsilver]

No: HPFGUIDX 56556

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:

> --That said, one thing Hogwarts could really use would be some sort 
of
> gifted-and-talented program.  

I've speculated that such a program exists already.  It's part of my 
theory to explain how Hogwarts could have 1000 students.   After 
being sorted into their houses, someone (teachers, hat, magic pen) 
divides the classes up into an A group and a B group based on 
ability.  The trio are in the A group, so they have classes with just 
that  group and A groups from the other houses.  They aren't told 
what group is which and probably aren't even aware that's the reason 
they are grouped.  


Seriously, this is how it's done at the school I teach at.  The 
students (and most of the parents) are unaware that it's even done.  
And the groups are mixed a bit such that some of the top of B are put 
in A and some of the bottom of A are put in B such that you can't be 
sure which group is which.  The classes study the same material at 
the same time.  In fact, unless you've seen the lists it's often very 
hard to tell which group is which.

Serena