[HPforGrownups] What's wrong with Hufflepuff?

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19189


--- Milz <absinthe at mad.scientist.com> wrote:
> However, the general 
> attitude is still that the Hufflepuffs are somehow 'de classe'. What 
> does this say about the magical community (and our own society for 
> that matter)? Are the qualities of justness, loyality, and hard-work 
> valued less than other qualities or are they considered so
> commonplace 
> that they are overlooked as admirable?

Well, let's compare their qualities to the other houses. Gryffindor's
seem to be classed as the "Heroes" of the school. They're "brave at
heart", daring, bravest, and have nerve. Honestly, who wouldn't want to
be a Hero? Slytherin's are the crafty ones, the power-hungry. They know
how to get things, how to sway the world their way. They are the
"Villains" of the school. Who hasn't wanted to be the Bad Guy, just
once? Ravenclaws are smart, the "cleverest", have wit. They're the ones
with the answers. Who wouldn't kill to be smart enough to have all the
answers?

And what about the Hufflepuffs? To quote the Sorting Hat:

"You might belong in Hufflepuff, 
Where they are just and loyal, 
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true 
And unfraid of toil;"

Toil? Patience? What kid fosters these values? Heck, I'd say most
adults when describing their best qualities don't say "I toil well".
What kid wants to be known as the "Toiler" or the "Patient One". No!
They want to be the Hero, the Smart One, or if that's not possible, the
Villain. Nobody wants to be labelled as the "Hard Worker" because the
"Hard Worker" rarely gets the credit due to them.

I think this type of thought isn't just evident in the wizarding
community, it's in our own everyday society. The daring, brave, crafty,
smart, are lauded above the patient and hardworking. I'm not saying
that's the way it should be, that's just the way it is.

Did this make any sense? If I've veered off course, please correct me!
And of course, this is all my opinion, I'm sure others think very
differently.

~Amber


=====
"I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, 
I hear the every approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, 
I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, 
if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will come right, 
that this cruelty too will end..."
 - Anne Frank "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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