Chamber of Secrets Chapter 18: Dobby's reward Snape's teaching

[nikkalmati]

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> Geoff:
> This is not unusual in a UK situation.
> 
> When I started teaching, I taught in an 11-16 year old boys' school. 
> When comprehensive schools began to be general under the Wilson 
> Labour government of the late 1960s, I found myself in a 13-18 mixed 
> High school and later again a 12-16 mixed when my Local Education 
> Authority (LEA) opted for Sixth Form colleges.
> 
> in some ways, JKR was a trifle out of date when she started the HP books
> because a majority of UK LEAs had gone down the middle school route
> but there has been something of a swing back to transfer at 11+ or 12+
> in recent years.
> 
> As a result, I found myself teaching across quite a wide age range at 
> various times. To say it is impossible is not really true; you have to be 
> able to adapt your approach to the differing maturity and skill levels in 
> such a structure. 
> 
> Keeps you on your toes. :-)
>

Nikkalmati

That's very good to know.  I didn't realize JKR was using a real life model here.  I thought perhaps she was relying of schools from the 19th century or something.  In the US the schools can be very large, but the age range is much smaller. 
Do you think there are enough teachers at Hogwarts or are there more teachers we don't see?

Nikkalmati