[HPforGrownups] Re: House Points (1k years of Slytherin vs. Gryffindor? )

[Heleen Greenwald]

No: HPFGUIDX 50022

----- Original Message -----
  >BBOY_MN: (on a new topic)
  >Speaking of the House Cup, I've often wondered if all the houses
  >starte with zero point and go from there, or if the all start with say
  >300 point and go up and down from that point.
  >
  >Condsidering that the final house points tends to be between 300 and
  >500, starting at zero, each house would have to win an awful lot of
  >points to reach 400. I just don't think we see that may point being
  >won during the course of the school year. So I'm inclinded to think
  >they start at some number (200 or 300) and the total rises and falls
  >from there. 

  Well, it's not difficult win an awful lot. Look at Lupin's Boggart lesson, how many points Gryffindor won just there. And remember how easy it was to get points from Lockhart. ;)

  Also, since you can get points for correct answers, it's likely points can be won for 
  good O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.

  After thinking the whole thing through, I'm wondering about the tendency for the Cup 
  to go to either Slytherin or Gryffindor... True, they are more successfull at Quidditch, 
  but like I said, the correct answers speak for Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff's the house 
  least likely to screw up and lose points for rule-breaking.  At first glance at least.

  Torsten

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Also, aren't there supposed to be about 1000 students total at Hogwarts? so with each student getting 5 points here and 10 points there, it would add up by the end of the year.
Phillipa


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