So that allows a maximum of 10 subjects' assessment, assuming that they don't double-up examinations on any given day
Except that they do - and more than once. I can understand why History of Magic has only a single component (as opposed to both a written AND practical aspect), but how would an Arithmancy written exam differ from the practical part? Why is there only a practical part to Divination? What if someone takes both Divination AND Arithmancy (as Hermione initially did), since those exams were simultaneous? (And why don't they know anyone taking Muggle Studies? :P )
Why why do you see Hermione's "We do NOT want Hagrid chucked out" line as being self-centred?
I have to wonder - well, ok, Trelawney's already been fired, but let's say she hadn't. Wouldn't the fact that 90% of the students failed the OWL reflect badly on the teacher and have some bearing as to their future at the school? Dumbledore seems more concerned here with her (rare) genuine Seeing ability than in what she cooks up the other 90% of the time. On the other hand, Seeing does not seem to be a heavily-depended on or highly-viewed skill even within the Wizarding World, so perhaps he feels she's not really doing much harm, either - teaching something that few people need or want, at least as the crux of their livelihoods.
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Date: 2009-09-24 11:57 pm (UTC)Except that they do - and more than once. I can understand why History of Magic has only a single component (as opposed to both a written AND practical aspect), but how would an Arithmancy written exam differ from the practical part? Why is there only a practical part to Divination? What if someone takes both Divination AND Arithmancy (as Hermione initially did), since those exams were simultaneous? (And why don't they know anyone taking Muggle Studies? :P )
Why why do you see Hermione's "We do NOT want Hagrid chucked out" line as being self-centred?
I have to wonder - well, ok, Trelawney's already been fired, but let's say she hadn't. Wouldn't the fact that 90% of the students failed the OWL reflect badly on the teacher and have some bearing as to their future at the school? Dumbledore seems more concerned here with her (rare) genuine Seeing ability than in what she cooks up the other 90% of the time. On the other hand, Seeing does not seem to be a heavily-depended on or highly-viewed skill even within the Wizarding World, so perhaps he feels she's not really doing much harm, either - teaching something that few people need or want, at least as the crux of their livelihoods.