Harry Potter, REALLY for Grown-Ups (well, PG-13 anyway)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 164460

> montims:
> I'm a Brit who went to an all-girls school, so I may be being dense
> here, but why on earth would the girls raid the boys or vice versa?
> We know they have house parties - in the common room - but I would
> find it very rude (as in badmannered) to have fellow students coming
> en masse into my sleeping area uninvited...  If I am missing
> something, please explain.

zgirnius:
I am an American who attended co-ed public (what WE mean by public) 
schools. But I did attend a co-ed summer camp when I was 8. 
Naturally, the boys and girls slept in different buildings, and we 
were further split up by age.

Why they would do so is a mystery of the male mind, but it is a fact 
that the oldest group of boys 'raided' the room of the oldest group 
of girls one night after curfew (with the tacit approval of their 
counselor). These would have been 12-13 year olds. I think the girls 
found some way to get even, later, as well.

But I think it is entirely possible the stair thing is not mentioned 
by the older boys, so that Ron and Harry don't know. After all, it 
must be funny for them to see younger boys not yet aware of the 
problem get tripped up by it as well.