[HPforGrownups] HP and the democratic equilibrium(Re: Umbridge, brooms an...

[easleyweasley at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 87250

>Just curious-
>Why DOESN'T Hogwarts have cheerleaders.

>Lions are better than snakes.
>Snakes are bald and lions have hair.
>So come on beat those bears!
>Beat those bear!

>Okay, not a very good cheer but why doesn't Hogwarts
>have cheerleaders (you did say most Americans wouldnt
>understand why and I'm American so your explaining
>would be appreciated.)

>Samantha

Cheerleaders are, I'm afraid, just not part of English school tradition. 
Where I work, the House Match Final is a big event [there is no afternoon school 
that day], and perhaps a couple of hundred people watch. There may be some 
organised cheering from one house or the other, but nothing more formal than that. 
The two teams appear on the pitch and begin playing.

I do notice that in many fanfics that American authors tend to introduce US 
High School elements which are definitely not part of canon!

Easleyweasley.


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