Hogwarts numbers

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51939

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>"
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> NOTE: Responses to Ffred and Steve 
> in this post.
> 
> Ffred wrote:
> ... failing the end of year exams means losing the Hogwarts 
> place. ....


> I reply:
> ...
> 
> The interview is posted at:
> 
> http://www.mugglenet.com/scholchat1.shtml
> 
> Q: In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain was 
> sixth year Marcus Flint. If there are only seven years of Hogwarts, 
> why is he in the third book?
> 
> A: He had to do a year again! :-) 
> 
> 
bboy_mn:
This is called a 'flint'. It means a mistake in the book. I am told
that in later editions, Marcus Flint has been shifted down to a 5th
years of that he fits in the story properly. He doesn't have to repeat
a year. It's a mistake.

> Steve wrote:
> I also have a theory that there are Wizard Universities. They just
> don't have campuses, classrooms, or even names. It's all done by
> independant study, personal experience, and research. The research
> 

> I reply:
> 
> Another quote from the same interview. ... the quote doesn't 
> necessarily cover your point, which is that maybe 
> wizarding 'university' might be something akin to scientific 
> study/independent research, like perhaps Dumbledore's work on the 
> philosopher's/sorcerer's stone with Nicolas Flamel?
> 
> Q: Do you think that you will write about Harry after he graduates 
> from Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry?
> 
> A: No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only 
> planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but 
> I have no plans to write an eighth book. 
> 
> -Tom

Bboy_mn:
 
And that is exactly why I framed my 'universities' the way I did. My
universities are not an entity, remember... no campuses, no classrooms
and no names, they are a function in wizard's society. I'm defining a
function equivalent to universities. A means by which people can get
academic accreditation without actual universities. 

I have a way of having the function of universities without actually
having universities. So I'm not in conflict with interview as canon,
and at the same time I create a means of becoming an accredited Professor.

All things to all people.

bboy_mn