Muggleborns choosing WW (was: Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 117928


Alla wrote :
> > "Are you saying that muggleborns would prefer not to come to
> > Hogwarts at all? That they would be happier if they won't 
> > discover their abilities?"

Del replies :
> Not all of them, but some of them. Why would they all want to switch
> to the WW ? Is the WW so *objectively* better than the Muggle 
> World ? Or are they just made to *believe* that ?
> 
> I can understand that the more talented Muggleborns would be happy 
> to finally discover why weird stuff keeps happening to them, and to 
> have an opportunity to actually make a life out of their special 
> talent.
> 
> But I can imagine that many Muggleborns would also consider their
> magical ability as only one part of their personality, and wouldn't
> see the necessity to mold their entire life around that one trait.


SSSusan:
>From a purely practical standpoint, I can't imagine many Muggle-born 
witch-or-wizards *not* wanting to join the WW.  I mean, just being 
able to have that doohicky of Molly's to keep track of my loved ones, 
to be able to shoot my dishes into the sink and have them wash 
themselves, to be able to apparate to work in an instant, to 
fly, ....  I could go on & on!  It makes many mundane parts of life 
simpler, and it adds spark & fun!

And if after said witch-or-wizard "got to" the WW, s/he discovered 
problematic aspects of it, what's the difference between that and the 
RW?  There is racism, tyranny, hatred, an AIDS epidemic, economic 
inequity, and all manner of other depressing problems in the RW.  I 
don't see any difference, really, in the sense that there are 
problems in both worlds.  If one is unhappy with things in *either* 
world, they can be addressed in the same manner:  work for change.

Siriusly Snapey Susan