twins/time-turner, Trelawny, and JKR

[Christine Acker]

No: HPFGUIDX 53455

Hello all.  Christine here.  I would like to venture a
few questions:

This isn't a question, but it does have to do with
recent posts.  I believe (correct me if I'm wrong)
that JKR said that wizard children do not go to school
before Hogwarts.  This might be a British thing. 
Maybe they do in other countries.

If this is so, how do they learn to read and do simple
math and things like that?  Parents?  What if
someone's parents are like the Dursleys and don't
teach them anything?  Do they take remedial courses?

Does anyone else thing Gred and Forge had their sneaky
little hands on a time-turner in GoF when they
correctly predicted a completely unlikely outcome to
the match AND bet their life savings on it?  If the
twins are anything like Ron, and I think they are a
little, their money is precious to them.  They
wouldn't waste it, especially if they had a very
specific use planned for it (Weasleys' Wizard
Wheezes.)
Hmmmmmmm.

Why does Dumbledore keep Trelawny around?  She is
pretty much a fraud except for the one accurate
prediction she makes (which she doesn't even
remember.) Tell me, if you were to recommend yourself
for her position, wouldn't you want to have some sort
of valid prediction under your belt?  So, has she made
any predictions before?  What did she predict?  Did it
happen?  The one we saw sure happened.

Sorry if any of this has been discussed before.  I'm
sure it has.  I'm relatively new to the group and have
made a couple of posts, and I haven't seen any of this
discussed yet so I thought I'd bring it up.

Anyway............

Christine, who absolutely adores Caius Marcius's filk
and has sent it to all her fellow HP/Chicago fans

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