How old are you?

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How old are you?

under 12
3
2%
12-16
74
40%
17-20
64
35%
21-25
21
11%
26-30
9
5%
30-40
11
6%
Over 40
3
2%
 
Total votes : 185

Postby Holly Golightly » Sunday 29 June 2003 5:37:53am

WOW, it's good to see that I'm more around the ages of people here than I initially thought!!! I just figured taht there would be alot more under 18's, being 'childrens' books and all!!! I am 22, and I will admit, a total HP addict!!! But I'm loving it! :grin:

It's also nice to know that there are people older than me too!!! hehehe! ;)

Holly ~ :circling:
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Postby Violet » Sunday 29 June 2003 3:50:26pm

well i'm 17, 18 on August 17th!!! :grin:
glad to see i'm somewhere in the middle, but to be honest i dont think that it really matters, i mean i wouldn't have guessed correctly the ages of anyone on here!
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Postby Charis » Sunday 29 June 2003 9:09:46pm

azn wizard wrote:sorry, im pretty sure shadow is younger than 14... :grin: :grin: nice try though :grin:


ah...oh well. :razz: like everyone has said, age doesn't matter! heh...just though i'd say it one more time :D
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Postby Broccoli » Monday 30 June 2003 9:05:40am

Colin wrote:Looks like the poster forgot that people live past 40 :eek:


Oops, sorry :oops: My fault.
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Postby Mint » Monday 30 June 2003 3:26:24pm

Me - 23 :grin:

*joins the older fans*
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Postby hermionegirl09 » Monday 30 June 2003 8:34:57pm

i'm 12 and i'll be 13 on August 17th .i started reading the books at the end of 4th grade i think.been rereading them ever since:) is there someone younger than me?
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Postby gecko » Monday 30 June 2003 10:03:14pm

How old are you when you're in the 4th grade? Because the school system aren't the same in different countries. In Holland, 4th grade primary school means you're about 6 or 7 years old. When you're in secundary school (high school) 4th grade you're about 16 years old. Just curious : ) !
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Postby Rebecca Spinnet » Monday 30 June 2003 11:10:20pm

4th graders in the United States are usually about 9 or 10 im 14 too wow after reading all of these i do feel young i wonder if i will feel older after my birthday (it is coming up...) it is cool to know that Harry Potter is not just a kids book it means i can read them forever which will probably when book 7 comes out...
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Postby Charis » Tuesday 1 July 2003 1:30:52am

ok good! so im NOT the youngest here. i agree it is niceto know that its not just a kids book...to come on a forum like this and be able to have mature conversations about HP...most of the time :razz: :)
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Postby chiapetdiz » Tuesday 1 July 2003 6:03:41am

21! but 22 in august. i'm excited about being 22 because every time i say i'm 21 people are all like "oh, yeah, i know what you do"

but i started reading the books, um, a year before the fourth one came out. i remember cuz i was extremely upset when i found out that the fourth hadn't been released yet.
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Postby gecko » Tuesday 1 July 2003 2:42:12pm

Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do they mean when they say 'oh, yeah, i know what you do'? Being 21 isn't that special is it?
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Postby chiapetdiz » Tuesday 1 July 2003 4:52:31pm

gecko wrote:Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do they mean when they say 'oh, yeah, i know what you do'? Being 21 isn't that special is it?


21 is the drinking age in the US. and some people assume that all 21 year olds drink a lot.
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Postby gecko » Tuesday 1 July 2003 5:43:34pm

Ah I right. I tend to forget that, because over here the legal drinking age is 16! Though for stronger drinks (like whiskey) you have to be 18.
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Postby hermionegirl09 » Tuesday 1 July 2003 8:42:17pm

gecko wrote:How old are you when you're in the 4th grade? Because the school system aren't the same in different countries. In Holland, 4th grade primary school means you're about 6 or 7 years old. When you're in secundary school (high school) 4th grade you're about 16 years old. Just curious : ) !


in the fourth grade i was 10 i think
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Postby techjohn » Tuesday 1 July 2003 9:06:31pm

gecko wrote:I'm 16, and was 14 of 13 when I started reading Harry Potter books.
It's quite amazing how some of my friends react when I tell them I like HP books, they all seem to think I'm way too old for it.

And yes, putting people in categories is wrong. That's one of the reasons I like HP, because it shows how that effects people, e.g. Lupin being a great guy, even though he's a werewolf, and still being mistreated because of it.


JKR does show a lot of effects of 'Muggle world' problems - such as Rascism, Ageism and so on. I like the books for that as well - there's a lot of truth in them

I'm 16 too, and not so much now, but did anyone else feel prejudiced against when you were younger? I did.
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