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So, then, it's possible that there are fewer than 3000?
I always kinda wondered if there were other schools in each country. So that, would it also be possible in wizarding world terms to have more than one school?
Funny, but it never occurred to me to think how many kids?
And for a boarding school, 40 per year? Does that seem large or small?
I wonder if Beauxbaton and Durmstrang are set up the same? Class-wise, I mean.
I always kinda wondered if there were other schools.
Other than Beaubaxtons and Durmstrang? (Never mind, you edited.)
There's almost certainly got to be an American tradition of magic, and an Asian one, and...
This is why there's fanfic.
Nah, edited right after I posted for clarity, Dana. I meant multiple schools per country. It never occurred to me to think of Hogwarts as Britian's only wizard school.
I don't see how Hogwarts would have any British competition--you would think that Ron, at least, would have know about it in GoF, when Hermione talks about Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Also, isn't the letter from Hogwarts the determination of whether a wizarding child has the capability to enter their world? Neville's relief at getting into Hogwarts leads me to think that there were no other wizarding options for him.
Is there a United States of America in the Potterverse?
I get the impression it's this world, with magic, so yes.
Don't forget the group of witches (from Salem, IIRC) who attended the World Cup match.
How come Dobby and Kreacher could?
Man, I got so many people telling me I'd screwed up by having House elves apparate in my fanfic. But it seemed blazingly clear to me from canon that House elves MUST be able to apparate in Hogwarts, and that there was no conflict. I was filled with righteousness when I read that bit from JKR.
Kathy, I assumed that Hogwarts was sort of like West Point or the Naval Academy. So they're the military's institutions, right? But there are all sorts of other below-them military schools like Valley Forge Military School (for one age) and Citadel (for another). While from WP or NA or the Air Force Academy, you go directly into the military, that with the lower tier schools you don't.
So Hogwarts is The School but, in my head, not The Only School and there is also a lower tier school.
I dunno why, but there you have it.