School year system in the UK/Gluttony

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No: HPFGUIDX 128771

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

> It always seemed strange to me that Hogwarts would include 11 year 
> olds with 17 and 18 year olds...I'm not an educator, but certainly 
> some things that are appropriate for older teenagers are not 
> appropriate for 11 year olds?  They all share meals together, walk 
> the castle halls, share a common room...its simply foreign to me 
> that Hogwarts throws the students all together.
> 
I've read this about three times and I have no idea what you are
referring to. Why would sharing meals, walking in the same castle
halls or sharing a common room be anything other than completely normal?  

Gerry