Dudley vs Draco

[dorothydch at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28078

You made some very good points.

I think Draco *should* learn at school the way he has *learned* at 
home. 

I don't think Dumbledore has to *teach* anything, he lives the right 
way. For instance at the beginning of PS he lets every child sing the 
school song their own way. He even applauds the twins for their very 
unsusal rendition of the song which ends long after the other 
students. As we see the other teachers are not amused.

He let's in different students muggle-born, half breed giants, 
werewolves etc. Dumbledore lives tolerance which is more powerful 
than any teacher can teach.

Dorothy


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tandy, Heidi" <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> 
wrote:
> You know, people keep saying that at Hogwarts, Draco should be 
exposed to
> different and positive ideas, but I just don't see it. Other than 
at the 4t
> year leaving feast, dumbledore never addresses the students on 
issues of
> bias and prejudice- not even 2nd year when muggle-borns are being 
petrified
> and the students are terrified. So where would Draco learn them 
from? In
> class? We haven't seen any class where ethics are taught. The 
slytherin
> common-room? Not all those students' parents are Death Eaters- so 
do they
> debate blood purity issues? How would a student's opinions trump 
Lucius
> Malfoy's in Draco's eyes?