Secret Sorting Hat

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 181083

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" <k12listmomma at ...> 
wrote:

> I doubt that every student standing with Harry that first day 
> would have been completely ignorant of the sorting hat. 


zanooda:

And *I* must admit that the idea about the Sorting Hat being a big 
secret never even crossed my mind before (I mean before Catlady wrote 
to me about it :-). I've finished reading all the posts on the topic 
just now and I can see that I'm the only one who thought that Ron not 
knowing about the Sorting was some kind of JKR's mistake. I'm not sure 
I'm ready to completely accept the "big secret" idea, but it's so nice 
to have at least some plausible explanation! Thank you all :-)!