Mixing pre-teens and young adults in WW & RW was Re:School year system in the UK

[Casey]

No: HPFGUIDX 128891

> to which celletiger answers:
> Yes, but positive role models must be available.  My mother is my 
> role model now, but believe me, when I was a teenager, I worshiped 
> rock stars and the stupid older high school guys who could get 
> beer.  Bad influences, certainly, but it wasnt cool to worship mom 
> who said no alcohol when the cute football player was holding the 
> tap.  Assume the same goes in the WW - if an older kid knows how 
to 
> do certain magics - isn't there an allure for some younger kids to 
> want to learn those secret/more advanced/dangerous/dark! magics?  

Years ago, when my oldest started Jr. High (in S.E. Michigan) there 
was a panic because they were combining the Jr. High and the High 
School. There were all kinds of parent meetings before the term 
started to try to calm them down. It's been years now and nothing at 
all happened. The 11 yo's weren't led astray by the older kids, nor 
were they invited to even hang around them. Face it, older kids do 
not want younger kids around.

As far as role models, I'm thinking that's what the prefects and 
head boys and girls are for. Not to mention that if Hogwarts is 
anything like the schools around here, misbehavior or poor grades 
can get a Quidditch player kicked off of the team. 

As the mother of two grown daughters I don't see a problem with a 
mixed school. Face it, years ago it was the norm, and just because 
we don't do it here in the US for the most part, doesn't mean it's 
wrong. I'm sure that if it caused problems the UK would have changed 
things. Obviously it hasn't.

In the HP universe the only older kids that the trio seem to be 
involved with are fellow Quidditch players or Ron's older brothers. 
The twins do use the younger kids for their experiments, but then 
the other kids (Hermione) watches out for them. Sounds pretty normal 
to me.

Casey