Voldemort vs. Tom

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No: HPFGUIDX 145861

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, bawilson at c... wrote:

> 
> True; but one young enough to change and heal.  Had Dumbledore 
> taken a more proactive mentoring approach to Tom, he might not 
> have turned to the Dark Side.

Very unlikely. what we have seen from Tom Riddle at Hogwarts was a
very gifted, very popular child, by teachers as well as fellow
students. He was prefect and later head boy. If that kind of
environment is not full of healingh, what is? Besides, what kind of
healing would he need? True, the orphanage was not the best of
environments, but the rest of the kids managed to have their values
straight. What on earth should DD have done? Explain to him the
difference between good and evil? Don't you think he already knew that
even before he came to Hogwarts?


Gerry