Voldemort's Recruitment/School year system in the UK

[Sass]

No: HPFGUIDX 128775

> Subject: Re: Voldemort's recruitment . Was: Precious little to celebrate for 11 years...
 
Betsy wrote:

> But isn't Mr. Nott a great deal older than Lucius? IIRC, JKR said
> something about that on her website. I'm wondering how you know the
> ages of the other DEs in the graveyard? Does canon tell us anything?

Draco tells Harry & Ron (when they've Polyjuiced themselves into
Crabbe and Goyle in CoS) that Lucius was at school when the Chamber
was opened the first time - and we know that Tom Riddle (aka LV) was
at school when he opened it for the first time - which puts Lucius at
about the same age as LV - I'm betting Lucius was one of LV's friends
and that's how he got recruited...

> Subject: Re: School year system in the UK

Celletiger 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.

Well it seems strange to you, because you're not used to it ! Those of
*us* who went to the same school from ages 11-18 consider it perfectly
normal and not in the least weird !! Since I'm only a couple of years
younger than JKR, I'm guessing our school experiences (based on the
way Hogwarts is organised) are the same - and it is very like my real
life experience of school (except for the magic and the fact I went to
an all-girls day school !) Older pupils were Prefects and helped the
teachers keep the younger ones in order, we had a head girl too... And
the older girls often organised after-school activities (I got my
first intro. to computers aged 14 as a consequence of an after-school
computer club organised by some 17/18 year olds). And I can vividly
recall when I was 11 admiring the 17 and 18 year olds and wanting to
be grown up like them...

Sass
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