[HPforGrownups] O.W.L.s

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 132436

--- davenclaw <daveshardell at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>Does anyone understand how O.W.L.s work?  
>>    
>>
Juli wrote:

>As for the number of OWLS, most people agree that the
>written exam is an owl, and the practical is another,
>so Harry could get a maximum of 18 (transfiguration,
>charms, DADA, potions, Care of Magical Creatures,
>Herbology, Divination, Astronomy, History of Magic).
>  
>
Heather now:

1:  Not every class had both practical and written parts to their OWL 
exams.  Practical exam for History of Magic, anyone?

2:  "Most" people do not agree on this.  It's a theory that some like, 
but there is no general consensus at all.  In fact, my intuition is that 
"most" people do NOT think there are 2 OWLS for a 2-part exam.

Juli:

>18 seems a lot considering Bill Weasley *only* got 12,
>so put this way each class is an OWL. 
>
Heather:

3:  It wasn't Bill, it was Percy.

Juli:

>Now let's
>consider Hermione, she has the same classes that HArry
>does escept Divination, she has Acient Runes, (the one
>with the numbers..oops). that gives us 10 classes, so
>how could Bill have gotten 12 owls, which means 12
>classes? Hermione, even with a TT couldn't do it, so I
>guess it's pretty safe to say it's impossible. So once
>again, the option is that each test is an OWL. 
>

Heather:

4:  you're forgetting Muggle Studies and Arithmancy (both of which 
Hermione took with her TT, and continued Artihmancy in years 4&5 as 
well).  There are 12 classes at Hogwarts that we know of.  There might 
be a couple more, but those are what we've heard of.

Juli:

>Am I making any sense at all?
>  
>

Heather:

Some.  :)  But, ah, a few blunders as well, I'm afraid!

heather the buzzard