Let's burn down the Houses ! (was : The Sorting Hat doesn't sort )

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 106804


Jenni wrote :
>   You know, I'm beginning to think this theory, about the sorting 
> hat not really "sorting" and just taking what's in the first year's 
> mind instead, has quite a lot of merit.  At the very least, what 
> canon we have doesn't contradict this particular view.

Del replies :
You know what, Jenni ? You're starting to get me convinced.

But I don't like that, oh no, not at all !

What it would basically mean would be that the Sorting would reinforce
any prejudice the kids would have had when arriving at Hogwarts, and I
find that *disgusting* !!

Let's take Draco for example : he believes the crap his father has
taught him all his life about the superiority of the purebloods, and
he wants to follow in his father's footsteps where the Dark Arts are
concerned.
So he arrives at Hogwarts *wanting* to be Sorted into the House that
will support him in his opinions and ambitions.
And instead of throwing him in Gryffindor along with the Trio so that
he's got a chance to discover something new and maybe change his mind,
the Hat obligingly puts him in the only House that won't challenge him  !

Disgusting.

I think it's high time someone takes the decision to burn down the
Houses and rebuild a new system based on something arbitrary, like
putting the (new !) names of the 4 Houses in that stupid Hat and
having the students pick one blindly, for example.

Del