What's wrong with Hufflepuff?

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 19196

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amber <reanna20 at y...> wrote:
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> 

> 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 you are right. Sadly, the virtues of Hufflepuff - even the 
name is rather ordinary and perhaps even a bit comic compared to the 
sonorous ring of the other three houses - seems to get overlooked.  
In Chapter 31 of GoF, when Cedric refuses to take the Triwizards cup, 
we are told that "he was walking away from the sort of glory 
Hufflepuff House hadn't had in centuries."  

Centuries?  C'mon, even the Chudley Cannons do better than that...

 - CMC