Sirius Black, Sorting Hat

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 84451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie Black 
<princessmelabela at y...> wrote:

> Carol wrote:

<snipped>

>(That seems to back up the idea someone
> expressed here recently that the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws have no
> classes together. I wonder why not.)
> 
>  

Melanie: 
> My reply:  The Gryffindor and Ravenclaws in Harry's year must not 
have classes together however, the Ravenclaws and Gryffindors in 
Ginny's year obviously do.  This is how Ginny and Luna know eachother 
so well and how they appear to be in class together at least during 
the time of the last talk in the fire.
> 

Geoff:
When I was still teaching, I was a member of the Timetable Team, a 
small group of staff who designed the timetable for each new school 
year. Often, we would group certain subjects, classes or staff 
members together and then, come the next year, new groups would be 
differently linked because staff had changed or were not available at 
the same time. There were many, many factors governing the way in 
which the timetable broke. I don't think there is anything strange 
(or sinister?) in the Hogwarts set up.