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[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/3/2004 4:19:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
gbannister10 at aol.com writes:
Sherrie: 
> In PoA, Snape tells Dumbledore that Sirius proved himself capable 
of murder 
> at sixteen years old.  That would make him sixth year, I think.
> 



Geoff:
Not necessarily. Pupils who are in what is now Year 11 (the old Fifth 
Year) and coming up to GCSE examinations are those folk whose 16th 
birthday falls between 1st September and 31st August of the year in 
which they are the year. When they enter the Sixth Form they are 
already 16.
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Sherrie, again:

That may be the case IRL, but it appears to me that Hogwarts students' ages 
correspond with their years - or rather, with the beginning of their years.  
First years are 11, Seconds are 12, and so on, though they will most likely have 
birthdays during the year.  We know Angelina, for example, turned 17 in 
October of her sixth year (GoF, p. 230 UK paper) - therefore, she was 16 when that 
year began.  We can also infer that the Prank hadn't happened yet at the time 
of "Snape's Worst Memory", so Sirius could not yet have turned 16 at the end 
of his fifth (O.W.L.s) year.  

Sherrie


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