[HPforGrownups] Re: Sadism or not ? McGonagall and her punishments

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 186667

> Alla:
>
> Where do you see in canon that they still had to wear uniforms for the 
> Ball?

Shaun:

I don't - I think it's pretty clear from canon, that they didn't have to 
wear uniform at the ball.

But McGonagall doesn't reprimand Parvarti for having the ornamental 
butterfly in her hair at the ball. That incident takes place when the 
students from Beauxbaton and Dumstrang are first arriving at Hogwarts and 
the school turns out to greet them.

To me, it's pretty clear that on that occasion, the teachers are being more 
strict than normal about the students appearances. The students are wearing 
their hats and cloaks - not just their robes which seems to be the only part 
of the uniform they are expected to wear as normal school clothing.

I went to a school with pretty strict uniform rules, but there were 
different requirement at different times - the most notable one for us, 
being we didn't have to wear our blazers during the course of the normal 
school day. But we did have to put them on for assembly's or in any 
situation where we were representing the school to others - and formally 
greeting another school would be one of those situations. At those times, 
the requirements to adhere to the school's rule on uniforms went right up. 
It seems the same happens at Hogwarts (at least in the books).

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