Possible Flint: Fireplace in the common rooms

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 83388

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "artcase" <artcase at y...> wrote:
> How/why do students receive mail by owls? 
> 
> ... parents could use the floo network to communicate ... why 
> would they resort to the much slower... method of owl post?
> 
> ... how do the teachers keep the student from leaving the 
> school/parents from coming ... via floo?
> 
> My ... guess ... it is restricted ..., which makes Sirus's useage 
> ... highly unlikely.
> 
> ... what is stopping LV from using a wizarding house ... and 
> dropping in on Harry some late night?
> 
> Comments?

bboy_mn:

Tell me, if you we a young student in a wizard boarding school would
you want to sit at the fireplace having conversations with you
undoubtedly uncool parents right there in front of all your friends? I
think not. I suspect that long ago students stopped answering
embarassing Floo calls from their parent to the point where attempting
Floo calls became pointless.

In addition, we don't know that other students haven't used the fire
for communication. Our window into Hogwarts life is limited by Harry's
perspective. Up until the current book, we had no indication that
there was a Gobstones Club or a Charms Club. That would imply that
there are many other clubs as well, but Harry has no interest in them,
so we don't hear about them. Although I confess myself baffled by why
Ron isn't a member of the Hogwarts Wizards Chess Club. I keep waiting
for that chess theme to come back into the story. 

Also, I would think that at any boarding school students do not have
free and unlimited access to telephones(muggle equivalent of Floo Fire
Talking). Although, I'm sure in a muggle boarding school there are
telephones everywhere, just like at a wizards school there are
fireplaces everywhere, student use is very restricted, otherwise the
phone system would always be busy.

Of course today, all students have Cell Phones which I'm sure they
conviniently don't answer when they see the call is originating from
Mommy. 

Let's us also note that only Floo Fire Talking can be acomplished.
Hermione has repeatedly said that access into and out of Hogwarts is
blocked by protective spells. We have never seen any human apparate or
Floo Travel into or out of Hogwarts. We have, however, seen Floo
travel within the boundaries of Hogwarts grounds (Lupin fireplace
traveled to Snape's office to examine the Marauder's Map). So
students, parents, and Dark Wizards can not 'pop' in and out as they
please.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn