Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Hogwarts

Many of you know that I am a big fan of Harry Potter. Last night as I was lying awake for the hours I lie awake almost every night...and the question that was plaguing my mind was: how many students ARE there at Hogwarts? I would guess a number and then divide it up..."ok, lets say 1000...there are 4 houses, so 250 in each house, divided by 7 years was about 37..." which was too many I thought so I would begin again. When I would arrive at a good number I would inevitably come across some other "fact" that made me think I could be right again. How many boys and how many girls are there... Where do all of these kids sleep. The only "dorm" I have ever heard of is the room Harry is in. What if there are 5 boys and 5 girls for each year and each house...10 first years in each house is 40...times 7 because there are 7 years of school... 280 students...under three hundred kids in the whole school? Is THAT possible...can ANYone answer my questions? I would just enjoy knowing...Yes this is REALLY what kept me awake last night...
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  1. KristinaMarch 4, 2009 at 11:59 PM

    ha..that is funny!

    Not the not sleeping part though. Did you know that we basically both have the same sleep problem? I usually can't fall asleep to absurdly late, then I want to sleep like 10 hours. Not so fun. Maybe we should pray for eachother. Everytime I get ready for bed I will pray that you will be able to sleep, and you can pray that I will be able to sleep. Maybe then we will both be able to sleep...and wake up!

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  2. DavidMarch 5, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    You know, I think the sub-300 number has to be close. I mean, its a school for magicians, and how many can there be at one time, you know? And then a quick look around online found you this article:
    http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/articles/doing-the-math-how-many-kids-are-at-hogwarts.html

    See you in a week!

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