Harry/Voldemort showdown in 2 years

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77657

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ellejir" <eberte at v...> wrote:
> It strikes me that we (the readers of the series) most likely have 
> knowledge that the characters in the book *do not* seem to have.  
> *We* know that the story is going to end in two more years, and, 
> thus, that the final showdown between Harry and Lord V. is going to 
> happen during that time frame.  (I really doubt that JKR will end 
the 
> series with the trio taking their N.E.W.T.S. and throwing their 
> graduation caps in the air--if that is even done in the U.K

Geoff:
Just for information. Students in England and Wales take their 
Advanced Level GCEs at 18. They do not have graduation caps - 
graduation is something that occurs at the end of their degree 
courses, probably at 21 or 22 years old at the earliest.