Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117879


Alla wrote :
" We know that at least now muggle-borns want to be in WW,"

Del replies :
Do we, really ?

Yes we see some Muggleborn kids coming to Hogwarts. But :

1. We don't know how many of the Muggleborns invited to Hogwarts
actually come.

2. We don't know what are their motivations for coming. It seemed like
the obvious choice to Hermione and Justin, but we don't know why
(obvious according to what ?)
Maybe some Muggle parents are simply happy to find a cheap boarding
school. It's still not clear whether Hogwarts students have to pay a
fee. They do have to pay for their equipment, but we don't know what
the rate of Pounds-to-Galleons is, it could be very advantageous. And
the Muggleborns would still need equipment if they went to a Muggle
school anyway.

3. We don't know how many Muggleborns remain in the WW after graduation.

4. The Hogwarts education actually prevents Muggleborns from going
back to the Muggle world, for at least 2 reasons :
- it doesn't train them in anything necessary to live in the Muggle world
- it subconsciously teaches them that being a wizard is being better
than a Muggle, and that life is better in the WW than in the MW.

Considering all this, I'd say that the Muggleborns cannot really
choose whether or not they want to associate with the wizards.

Alla wrote :
" Again, my only point is that some pieces of information are missing
  still, nothing more."

Del replies :
And I'm just pointing that there are even more missing pieces than we
usually think.

Del