Colin Greevy and Social Promotion

[Robert Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 93151

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n...> 
wrote:
> My reply is based on assuming Hogwarts is roughly analogous to the 
British
> school system. What makes anyone think there is any system for a 
child not
> to automatically progress to the next year each year? 

Bobby: I don't have my copy of Book 1 with me, but I think it said 
at the end when the students received there grades that Harry had 
hoped that Grabbe or Goyle (I forget which one) had flunked.  I took 
that to mean that he would be held back or something bad.

In COS Harry said that over the summer he had forgetten most of what 
he had learned the first year.  So maybe Colin Greevy wouldn't have 
to do too much extra work to catch up.  (Hermione of course is no 
problem.)