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[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 41796

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...> 
wrote:
> Creevey brothers are sons of a a milkman, a stereotypically 
> working-class job, and Justin Finch-Fletchley was down for Eton 
and 
> has the accent to go with it. But the Creeveys are in prestigeous 
> Gryffindor, which will likely help them to get a good job at the 
> Ministry (despite being Muggleborn), and Justin is in scorned 
> Hufflepuff, which surely will be brought up against him every time 
> he applies for promotion at his adult job. 

I don't think there's any textual evidence that Hufflepuffs (or non-
Gryffindors in general) are at a disadvantage for jobs or promotions 
once they leave Hogwarts.  Fudge is Minister of Magic, and if he was 
a Gryffindor, I'll eat my second-best hat.  We don't know what house 
Amos Diggory was in, but given the way these things tend to run in 
the family, I think there's a strong possibility that he was a 
Hufflepuff, and he seems to be doing just fine; nor do I think 
Cedric would've had any difficulty getting ahead if he'd lived to 
finish school.  Arthur Weasley, a Gryffindor, is stuck in a low-
paying job.

Even if your house did seriously affect your chances after school, 
it doesn't necessarily mean that Gryffindors would have an 
advantage.  Most people discover, as they mature, that the standards 
by which one is judged in school are very different from the 
standards by which one is judged out in the big bad world.  I would 
expect a prospective employer to be a lot more interested in an 
employee who's extremely hard-working or very intelligent, rather 
than in one who's brave and chivalrous (unless you're hiring Aurors, 
I suppose).

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com