[HPforGrownups] Re: Why the number of students is ambiguous

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 87082

bboy_mn:
> <snip>
> Logic says there would be many more people in Hufflepuff, since is
> real life there are far more factory workers and laborers (Hufflepuff)
> than their are managers and executives (Ravenclaw). Extenting that
> further, there are far more laborers and executives than there are
> notable heroes (Gryffindor) and outstandingly rich and successful
> businessmen and politicians (Slytherin).
> <snip>
> A far more real life estimated ratio would be 10H:4R:1G:1S which in
> turn yields a school population of 1120. (10 laborers: 4 college
> students: 1 hero: 1 great success)
>
> Now, the most obvious question is, how can there be so many more
> Hufflepuffs when Harry as classes with Hufflepuffs and there only
> appears to be 10 in the class? The answer is Harry has the 'overflow'
> Hufflepuffs in his class, and there is another full class of
> Hufflepuff students.

*Actually*, as another poster pointed out a long, long time ago, 
according to the four Myers-Briggs personality types (for more info, 
visit http://keirsey.com/matrix.html . . . there used to be a better 
site that made Artisans sound much more like Slytherins, but I can't 
find it anymore), it's Gryffindor and *Ravenclaw* that are rare.

Which actually makes much more sense in conjunction with the rest of 
your theory, as it's Hufflepuff *and* Slytherin* which Gryffindor has 
classes with (because of the overflow).  Gryffindor never doubles up 
with Ravenclaw because there is never an overflow of students from 
either house.

Laura