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Fantasy » alt.fan.harry-potter » These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc
These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238831] Mo, 20 März 2006 08:21
Phil  
When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
books.
It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea, with
nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB ?
It would be good to bring it back.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238899 ] Mo, 20 März 2006 20:10
MSimmons777  
I was in Nelson House when I attended high school in Alice Springs, NT,
Australia. I don't remember the other house names.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238907 ] Mo, 20 März 2006 22:54
Lady Grey  
Phil wrote:
> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
> books.
> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea, with

huh? :S my school (and my brother's) have houses, still. I'm in newton
house, the blue house :)

> nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.

how are houses non-PC?

> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB ?
> It would be good to bring it back.

it's already back

--
Jane Grey
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238911 ] Mo, 20 März 2006 23:37
Froggy  
"Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
> books.
> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB
> ?
> It would be good to bring it back.
>

I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
have houses. It would've been nice though.
--
(*)(*)
(------)
Froggy
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238912 ] Mo, 20 März 2006 23:48
drusilla  
Froggy escribió:
> "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
>> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
>> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
>> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
>> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
>> books.
>> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
>> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB
>> ?
>> It would be good to bring it back.
>>
>
> I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
> have houses. It would've been nice though.

Here in Peru don't have boarding houses: I've heard of only one. Nor
Houses either but I remember in my school every year receive a
significant colour for all High School years: we were red and black: the
team that always won everything ;)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238913 ] Mo, 20 März 2006 23:48
Mel  
I live in Guatemala, and here we don't have any houses at school,
mainly because they are private schools and the education is very
tradicionalist, i thougt this "school houses" was a matter of books,
but i was in a big mistake , huh?
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238923 ] Di, 21 März 2006 00:49
Lady Grey  
Jane Grey wrote:
> Phil wrote:
> > When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
> > same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
> > Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
> > Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
> > Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
> > Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
> > Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !

ooO and did you know that Sam Preston, lead singer of The Ordinary Boys
is Prime Minister Grey's great-great-grand son?

--
Jane Grey
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238998 ] Di, 21 März 2006 11:05
Phil  
"Jane Grey" <jane.grey [at] hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1142891657.275230.145290 [at] z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Phil wrote:
>> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
>> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
>> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
>> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
>> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the
>> Potter
>> books.
>> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
>> with
>
> huh? :S my school (and my brother's) have houses, still. I'm in newton
> house, the blue house :)
>
>> nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>
> how are houses non-PC?
>
>> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in
>> GB ?
>> It would be good to bring it back.
>
> it's already back
>
> --
> Jane Grey
>
News to me that any such thing as houses are still up and running.
Excellent. (And not in the Mr Burns manner !)
My school removed them as too competitive in the 80's. That un-PC enough for
you ?
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #238999 ] Di, 21 März 2006 11:06
Phil  
"Jane Grey" <jane.grey [at] hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1142893550.246679.104420 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> Jane Grey wrote:
>> Phil wrote:
>> > When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in
>> > the
>> > same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>> > Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like
>> > the
>> > Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region -
>> > George
>> > Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>> > Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as
>> > Prime
>> > Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>
> ooO and did you know that Sam Preston, lead singer of The Ordinary Boys
> is Prime Minister Grey's great-great-grand son?
>
> --
> Jane Grey
>
Who the hell are they ?
A boy band ?
Wow. Hold me back.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239000 ] Di, 21 März 2006 11:09
Phil  
"Froggy" <shelbel007_2000 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:A8GTf.7972$k75.6595 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>
> "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
>> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
>> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
>> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
>> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the
>> Potter books.
>> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
>> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in
>> GB ?
>> It would be good to bring it back.
>>
>
> I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
> have houses. It would've been nice though.
> --
> (*)(*)
> (------)
> Froggy
>
Dying out now in public schools, like the comprehensive school I went to
(with a massive increase in behavioural problems at those schools. NOT
coincidental - although the PC corrupts tell us otherwise. But corrupts and
incompetents always do, dont they ?)
Private schools, some anyway, still do.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239002 ] Di, 21 März 2006 11:14
Phil  
"mel" <melanymartle [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142894929.194803.207260 [at] j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I live in Guatemala, and here we don't have any houses at school,
> mainly because they are private schools and the education is very
> tradicionalist, i thougt this "school houses" was a matter of books,
> but i was in a big mistake , huh?
>
Yeah Mel - it did happen and have been slowly being closed down by Jane's
darling PC types over the past 20 years as "too competetive" I have been
delighted to hear that some still survive, even though they seem to have
managed to remove them from most working class schools.
Hope I'm wrong, but in asking around about it, seems to be the case.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239011 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:06
coldh0pe  
they do already.
in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239012 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:06
coldh0pe  
they do already.
in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239013 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:06
coldh0pe  
they do already.
in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239014 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:07
coldh0pe  
they do already.
in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239015 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:07
coldh0pe  
they do already.
in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239020 ] Di, 21 März 2006 12:32
Phil  
"coldh0pe" <coldh0pe [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142939216.610082.162870 [at] g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> they do already.
> in my older school, there were 4 houses, named after jewels and gems.
> topaz, emerald, sapphire and GARNET. (moii)
> in my old school, there were 4 houses we were allocated to, named after
> someone. bradman, goolagong, elliot and FRASER. (we rock)
> anyway, in my current school, there are again 4 houses, named after
> previous headmistresses. langley-templeton, beauli-blair, davies and
> HOLMES KILBRIDGE. (we suck)
>

Blimey coldh0pe - finger get stuck ?
SEVEN postings of the same thing ?
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239046 ] Di, 21 März 2006 14:20
Toon  
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:21:40 GMT, "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote:

>When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
>same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
>Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
>Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
>Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
>books.
>It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea, with
>nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB ?
>It would be good to bring it back.
>

My US middle school had 3 clusters ABC. Eahc had their own wing of
the school. We kept to classes within the wings usually. somehow I
got the Wicked Witch's CLuster A science class instead of a Cluuster
B. Eveyr so often, I don't know the tiime frame, let's say once a
season, we'd have Cluster battles, where's we'd compete. For what, I
never knew, nor cared. I just wanted B to win. I was in it. One
thing we'd do was a scavenger hunt thingie. The Cluster leaders (I
have no idea how thy were chosen, I never was nor cared to be.
probably top grades). would ask for various junk, like twisters or
rubber bands, and your Cluster tried to give the most. It was so well
thought out, you could barley here what was asked for in the giant din
of everybody talking at once. But come Lunctime you'd intermingle.
Gym period too. There was no Clusters then.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239052 ] Di, 21 März 2006 14:35
bethbriuk  
Phil wrote:
> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 -
You had a sorting hat- WOW!! <g>

in my case they were called Stephenson,
> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the Potter
> books.
> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea, with
> nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in GB ?
> It would be good to bring it back.

In my distant youth we also had houses and the _Big boys_ made sure you
supported your house. In my third year the new headmaster changed the
house names and raised the number from four to six. Everyone was
reallocated, not a good idea having to change loyalties! I suppose it
worked eventually but not for my year and older.

BriD
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239053 ] Di, 21 März 2006 14:35
Phil  
"Mike" <MSimmons777 [at] msn.com> wrote in message
news:1142881801.277143.255370 [at] j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I was in Nelson House when I attended high school in Alice Springs, NT,
> Australia. I don't remember the other house names.
>

Thats what I did the post for, Mike - to see if other areas did similar.
They've been stopped with very few exceptions in GB - although the
exceptions don't seem to be the working class schools like where I used to
go - where the house system would do most good.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239083 ] Di, 21 März 2006 19:22
Jonathan Ellis  
"Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eiTTf.203387$Q22.50517 [at] fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> "Mike" <MSimmons777 [at] msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1142881801.277143.255370 [at] j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >I was in Nelson House when I attended high school in Alice Springs,
NT,
> > Australia. I don't remember the other house names.
> >
>
> Thats what I did the post for, Mike - to see if other areas did
similar.
> They've been stopped with very few exceptions in GB - although the
> exceptions don't seem to be the working class schools like where I
used to
> go - where the house system would do most good.

Only in the state-run schools. I'm not even sure that there ARE many
state-run boarding schools any more.

I went to a fee-paying school, though. Not state-run. It had boarding
houses for the boarders, who constituted about half the school.

For the 11 to 13 year olds, there was just one boarding house for the
boys and one for the girls. But for competitive sports purposes, both
were divided into two halves - "Carter" and "Lewis" - I don't know who
they were named after, but I suspect it was probably a pair of former
headmasters.) The day-pupils, both boys and girls, would also be
allocated to one or other of this pair, so they could take part in the
Middle School house matches. The only competition between the notional
houses was in the matter of sports. As a day pupil myself, I was
allocated to Carter, and despite no real ability in sports, I used to
regularly turn out for the B team of the house in rugby, field hockey
and cricket - I was the perennial reserve because nobody ever wanted
to actually be the reserve (including people who were better players
than me), but I could also rely on someone not showing up on the day,
being ill, injured, in detention, late, or simply having to pull out
to do homework they'd forgotten to do earlier, so somehow I always
found myself playing.

Once you got to 14, the older pupils were allocated around the real
proper boarding houses - again, the day pupils were each allocated a
house for sports purposes, which were real different buildings: the
two oldest boys' houses, De Salis and Ritchie, were at opposite ends
of the main street, whereas the newest one, Shrewsbury (to which I was
allocated) was off a small side road. The two older girls' houses,
Edwards and Plumptre, were further round the corner from De Salis, and
the newest one Haversham (formed in fact while I was at the school)
was just up the road from Ritchie. I may have confused two of the
girls' houses' locations as I didn't visit them anything like as often
as I should have done - the only one whose location I was certain of
was Edwards. There is a reason for this which I don't intend to
disclose ;-)

Of course, De Salis and Ritchie both had a tradition of looking down
on the newer Shrewsbury as parvenus, new kids on the block, and of
generally carving up the sports table between themselves. So when
Shrewsbury won three times in a row - no thanks to me, who didn't play
in any of the matches - more than a few eyebrows were raised.

During my last two years, there was an experiment in pairing off the
boys' and girls' houses for a Mixed House Cup (and also for mixed
house-party purposes: the parties were also well-attended and
well-supervised by the teachers, so even with drinks tickets for
alcoholic drinks being around, nobody was ever drunk - at least not
enough to fall over or be sick.) Shrewsbury ended up with Edwards, De
Salis with Plumptre, while Ritchie, to their chagrin, got Haversham.
Never mind that the perfectly good reason for pairing those two off
was that they were closest to each other - Ritchie, an Old House with
a Tradition, didn't want to be saddled with a house that had only been
founded a few years before when the number of girls finally equalled
the number of boys at the school. And some of the Ritchie boys
continued putting down Haversham on every possible occasion: right up
until Haversham won the Girls' House Cup by such a big margin that it
gave the Mixed House Cup to their pairing with Ritchie - who had
narrowly come second to Shrewsbury in the Boys' House Cup, but the
dismal failure of Edwards' sports team had let us down...

Jonathan.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239139 ] Mi, 22 März 2006 00:26
kenjohnston  
I went to university at York U in Toronto Canada. York did not allow
fraternities (sp?), and instead sorted everyone randomly into colleges.
Mine was Winter's. There was also Bethune but I forget the rest.

ken
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239140 ] Mi, 22 März 2006 00:38
wadkin2000  
doppleganger wrote:
> I went to university at York U in Toronto Canada. York did not allow
> fraternities (sp?), and instead sorted everyone randomly into colleges.
> Mine was Winter's. There was also Bethune but I forget the rest.
>
> ken


I taped a Pink Floyd special and was watching their video for "Another
Brick in the Wall" and the teacher in the video reminded me of Snape
(not visually, just the nastiness and cruelty). Anyone have a teacher
similar to Snape?
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239163 ] Mi, 22 März 2006 03:15
The Magic Engineer  
"Froggy" <shelbel007_2000 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in
>> the same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called
>> Stephenson, Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer
>> missus !) Like the Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists
>> of my region - George Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of
>> armaments amongst others, Grainger was a great architect and builder,
>> and Grey best known as Prime Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the
>> Potter books.
>> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
>> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in
>> GB ?
>> It would be good to bring it back.
>>
>
> I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
> have houses. It would've been nice though.

Yeah, the closest thing you get to houses in the States, I think, would
be frats/sororities. I've known a few people who've gone to private
schools here and none of them have mentioned houses. 'Tis
dead here in the US (did it ever get started?)

TME
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239226 ] Mi, 22 März 2006 13:13
Phil  
<wadkin2000 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> doppleganger wrote:
>> I went to university at York U in Toronto Canada. York did not allow
>> fraternities (sp?), and instead sorted everyone randomly into colleges.
>> Mine was Winter's. There was also Bethune but I forget the rest.
>>
>> ken
>
>
> I taped a Pink Floyd special and was watching their video for "Another
> Brick in the Wall" and the teacher in the video reminded me of Snape
> (not visually, just the nastiness and cruelty). Anyone have a teacher
> similar to Snape?
>

God yes.
Golightly the name was.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239234 ] Mi, 22 März 2006 15:14
wadkin2000  
Was his name really Golightly? Talk about a study in contradiction!
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239347 ] Di, 21 März 2006 22:56
Clohogue  
"Froggy" <shelbel007_2000 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:A8GTf.7972$k75.6595 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>
> "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in the
>> same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
>> Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like the
>> Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region - George
>> Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
>> Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as Prime
>> Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
>> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
>> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the
>> Potter books.
>> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
>> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
>> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in
>> GB ?
>> It would be good to bring it back.
>>
>
> I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
> have houses. It would've been nice though.
> --
> (*)(*)
> (------)
> Froggy
>


In my school in Ireland we also had houses, but they had the unimaginative
names of Red, Blue, Green and I can't remember the 4th colour!! That was in
secondary school. In the last 3 years of primary school (ages 10 to 12) we
also had groups (similar arrangement to houses) known by numbers, and it was
much more competetive then for points than in secondary. There were charts
up on the wall in the hallway showing the tally and the better pupils really
helped those who were falling behind so that they would not lose points.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239463 ] Fr, 24 März 2006 23:13
Lady Grey  
Phil wrote:
> "Jane Grey" <jane.grey [at] hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1142893550.246679.104420 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> > Jane Grey wrote:
> >> Phil wrote:
> >> > When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in
> >> > the
> >> > same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called Stephenson,
> >> > Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer missus !) Like
> >> > the
> >> > Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists of my region -
> >> > George
> >> > Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of armaments amongst others,
> >> > Grainger was a great architect and builder, and Grey best known as
> >> > Prime
> >> > Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
> >
> > ooO and did you know that Sam Preston, lead singer of The Ordinary Boys
> > is Prime Minister Grey's great-great-grand son?
> >
> > --
> > Jane Grey
> >
> Who the hell are they ?
> A boy band ?
> Wow. Hold me back.

hmm, i guess you didn't catch any Celebrity big brother huh?

--
Jane Grey
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #239511 ] Sa, 25 März 2006 05:38
Steve Morrison  
The Magic Engineer ( [at] comcastic!>) wrote:

> Yeah, the closest thing you get to houses in the States, I think, would
> be frats/sororities. I've known a few people who've gone to private
> schools here and none of them have mentioned houses. 'Tis
> dead here in the US (did it ever get started?)
>
> TME

Around a year ago, I read that a local (Cincinnati) high school was
about to institute "Hogwarts-style" houses, and that it would be one
of a very few schools in the U.S. to do so. A bit of googling just
now yielded the following link to the newspaper article:

http://tinyurl.com/rhsuu

I've never seen any followup about whether this has actually been
done, though.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #243837 ] Sa, 01 April 2006 03:43
richard e white  
The, Magic, Engineer wrote:

> "Froggy" <shelbel007_2000 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:A8GTf.7972$k75.6595 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> >
> > "Phil" <phil_k [at] lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:8KsTf.68688$zk4.18337 [at] fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> When I was at school, there were houses that you were allocated to in
> >> the same manner as the Hogwarts 4 - in my case they were called
> >> Stephenson, Armstrong, Grey and Grainger - I was in Grainger (ooer
> >> missus !) Like the Hogwarts 4, mine were based on great industrialists
> >> of my region - George Stephenson of rail fame, Lord Armstrong, of
> >> armaments amongst others, Grainger was a great architect and builder,
> >> and Grey best known as Prime Minister and the "Earl Grey" of tea fame !
> >> What I make this point for, was I thought it was a great idea that had
> >> people pulling together for the house they were in, as shown in the
> >> Potter books.
> >> It stopped shortly after I left school - yet another brainless PC idea,
> >> with nothing replacing it of any worth whatsoever.
> >> But I just wonder - did they do this in other countries or just here in
> >> GB ?
> >> It would be good to bring it back.
> >>
> >
> > I don't know about US boarding schools but the public system here doesn't
> > have houses. It would've been nice though.
>
> Yeah, the closest thing you get to houses in the States, I think, would
> be frats/sororities. I've known a few people who've gone to private
> schools here and none of them have mentioned houses. 'Tis
> dead here in the US (did it ever get started?)
>
> TME

Yes. I have heard of some old schools that had them back east. but the ones I
know to have them or had them was around the 1900 to 1913. And they were old
acadmey sort where the diffrent houses would break up and do wr games in the
near by forest. It was a sort of round robin bit where sooner or later you
where with or against all the other houses in turn. There cup went to the
house that did the best in all the battles and games. And the winning house
didn't ever have to win just score enugf points to be in the lead at the end.
But the schools that I know about are no more or at least I was unable to find
them when I was back tracking the book refs.


--
Richard The Blind Typer
Lets Hear It For Talking Computers.
Re: These Hogwarts "houses" - Slytherein etc [message #252902 ] Mi, 19 April 2006 12:57
coldh0pe  
whoops.
sorry.

coldh0pe
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