AlwaysMonday

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 110461

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romuluslupin1" 
<romuluslupin1 at y...> wrote:

Romulus Lupin:
> One more thing that's bugged me for a while. Why do lessons always 
> start on September 2nd? Isn't term supposed to start  on September 
> 1st? Shouldn't the Hogwarts Expert leave on August 31st and lessons 
> start on September 1st? And why did the Dursleys wait till the last 
> possible day to have Dudley's tail removed? Shouldn't he have been 
in 
> Smeltings on September 1st? And how did he justify his "appendix" 
> with his friends? I'm really confused

Geoff:
Another difference between Hogwarts and other schools seems to be the 
start date. Traditionally, UK schools have started several days into 
September and private schools tended to start even later than state 
schools.

Curiously, everyone in the area where I live has commented that the 
schools are starting back very early - on 1st September - because the 
LEA (Local Education Authority) is trying to shorten the length of 
the summer holidays. This is linked to a lot of talk at authority and 
government level about having a six term year - and a corresponding 
amount of "consumer resistance" from parents......