[HPforGrownups] Re:Inbreeding of Witches and Wizards

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 176558

Mellanie:

I think it's sometimes hard for us in the States to understand
how pervasive an influence school is in British society. JKR
modeled Hogwarts after the British public (that would be private
to us here in the US) school system.

Lynda:

Perhaps it is for some. For me personally, two of my three closest friends I
attended school with.  One was my college roomie for four years (we went to
a five year school--30 mandatory units of Bible) and the other I went
through public school with through high school.  My third close friend is
nine years younger than me.  I was her babysitter in the church nursery when
we were both kids.  Now I'm her kids babysitter when she comes into town to
run around with her sister.  When she and I run around, my mother babysits.
But I do understand the school ties thing. Several of my friends married
right out of high school and there were a couple who were together during
and after high school who stayed together until one of the partners passed
away. Three cheers for rural communities are in order, I guess.

Lynda


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