Houses (was:Re: Thestral Boy)

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No: HPFGUIDX 74826

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scooting2win" 
<scooting2win at y...> wrote:
> my reply:
> I missed this one, but after a moments thought, the sorting hat 
said 
> it was to divide them, and from what I've seen It has divided them 
> equally, meaning 5 boys, and what 5 girls, we usually only hear 
> about Hermoine. And as the slytherin boys were sorted, why is it 
> that only three of them seem important until now, In that class, I 
> thought it was Crabbe, Goyle, and Malfoy from Slytherin, so it has 
> to be Grabbe or Goyle, and who would they have witnessed the death 
> of? This seems very important now that I see it this way! Lori

I don't think the division is quite that neat.  Students are sorted 
by their personalities/talents/values.  The hat sorts each one as he 
or she puts it on.  I find it hard to believe that the houses would 
all be exactly the same size.  It can't put all the clear one where 
they belong and then come back to the border-line students.

I think the houses are about the sime size, but not exactly.  There 
seem to be only three Gryffindor girls in Harry year.  There are 
five boys.

Besides, I doubt every year has an even number of boys and girls.

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