Students names (was:Re: Thestral Boy (was : Forever Wicked?))

[bibphile]

No: HPFGUIDX 75080

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "biggladolaf" 
<biggladolaf at y...> wrote:
me (bibphile):
I agree that Harry should know, but he doesn't.  His herbology 
class is the same size and we saw at the beggining of OotP that he 
either doesn't know or isn't sure or severasl of their names.  Harry 
doesn't seem to bother to learn the names of people unless they 
associate with him somehow.  Being in the same class just ins't 
enough.  Maybe it's because he's got alot going on and doesn't have  
time.  Or maybe it's because as a kid im muggle-school none of the 
other students wanted anything to do with him so he just gor used 
to never reaching out.  I don't think we've ever seen him start a 
converation with someone new.  They've either introduced 
hemselves,like Ron, or been introduced to him, like Oliver.

Olaf: 
>The Gryffindors in Harry's year . . .  That is eight. So at 
most there are 12 Slytherins in his year. That's not very many names 
to learn. Even if he never talked to them he would at least know 
their names. 
> Olaf, glad and big
>

I would agree.  Except for one thing.  There are only 20 people in 
his hebology class and we've seen that he doesn't know their names.  
Whay should he know the names of the 12 Slytherin if he doesn't know 
the 12 Hufflepuff?  It doesn't matter how many names you or I know.  
Harry doesn't know the names.  We saw that specifically in OotP.  It 
also said that Hermione had to tell Harry who Theodore Nott was 
(even though Nott is in his year and, I assume, his potions class).

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