[HPforGrownups] House points and Dumbledore

[Kathryn Wolber]

No: HPFGUIDX 51094


--- Maria Kirilenko <maria_kirilenko at yahoo.com> wrote:

Would it have been so hard for him to *both* give
> Slytherin the deserved House Cup and honor the kids
> for doing something that IMHO cannot and should not
> be measured in the same points that academics are? 

Me:
No, I don't think that would be fair at all. First, we
don't know that Slytherin didn't recieve house points
for Tom Riddle turning in an innocent Hagrid.  Do we
even know that they had the house points back then? So
that's not really a valid argument.  And back then
Professor Dippet was head master and it was his
decision and that's what he wanted to do.  Now it's
Dumbledore's decision.  
The thing that bothers me is everyone saying that
Slytherin *deserved* the house cup.  Did they really?
It's been mentioned numerous times that as Snape takes
away points from the other houses (especially
Gryffindor) he also likes to give Slytherin extra
points. I find it totally believable that over that
LONG school year he could have give his Slytherins 160
points more than they deserved.That's really only 20
points a month. And seeing how easily he takes away
points, I think he'd give points that easily too.
Also, if this were only based on academics, why is it
fair that Gryffindor lost 150 points for being out of
bed?  It's really not.
I think Dumbledore was right giving them those points.
 HRH did something that proved their knowledge and
ability, as well as their character.  They did
something for the good of the WW as a whole even when
they had been told, by Hagrid and McGonagall, that
they shouldn't bother with it.

~Kathryn

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