Scary Teachers - Good Teachers (was: Re: Hagrid and Snape...

[ClareWashbrook at aol.com]

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Potioncat:

I think  we have to use 40 as a base. No 
matter how many students JKR may indicate  is in Harry's class, she 
only created 40. 


Clare:
 
Actually JKR said that she only created 40 "with backgrounds"!  She  never 
stated that 40 was the limit of the intake.  There would be far less  than 600 
pupils in the school if the intake was 40.
 
It is therefore irrational and misleading to base any figures upon the  
number of students that she created a character/name/purpose for rather than  upon 
a realistic estimate of the intake.  She has clearly stated that there  are 
600 pupils in the school and that there were more than 40 in Harry's  year.  An 
estimate is not ridiculous but using a figure we know to be wrong  is.
 
 
Potioncat:
 
My reaction after HBP was that the OWLs were very important to Percy,  
Hermione and us, to a lesser degree to Ron and Harry, but not at all 
to  JKR.


Clare:
 
Perhaps she varied the importance to different people because that reflects  
real life.  I think she showed a realistic attitude across the board.
 
smiles,
Clare x