If there are 1,000 students, aren the year-end accumulated point totals for each House in SS (in the 400 points apiece range) quite low?
Harry’s Point-of-View Proponents of the small student population school of thought argue that Harry’s point of view (POV) and emotional state may affect the larger numbers that are touted by those in favor of the larger student population. Though the Great Hall is described as seating “hundreds,” they argue that Harry was nervous when being sorted and any number of people would loom large to a nervous 11 year-old boy who didn’t have much previous exposure to large groups. [Yahoo Clubs Messages #4667, 6404; Yahoogroups Message #12490] They argue that Harry, nervous in the Quidditch match against Slytherin in PoA, sees 200 Slytherin supporters when there could be far fewer. [Yahoogroups Message #9616, 12490] Similarly, they point out that the reference to “about 100 tables seating about 10 people each” could be Harry’s exaggerated viewpoint; he’s nervous about leading off the dancing (and even being at the Yule Ball after all). [Yahoogroups Messages #13028, 13031, 13053] Those who suppor
