[HPforGrownups] Re: Sportsmanship/legitimacy

[catherine higgins]

No: HPFGUIDX 151951



Jennifer Carlson <somedayalive at yahoo.com> wrote:    Jen:
You know, as a mother myself I can quite honestly say that rewarding 
my child for showing such strength of character would be FAR more 
important to me than rewarding him for following the rules at the risk 
of discarding any sense of humanitarianism and care for other human 
beings...why should that be ANY different in this situation?

  Catherine now:
  This reminds me of a moment in the Special Olympics that happened many years ago, and since I don't have a pensieve, my memory might be a little off. But the gist of it was a group of these athletes where running a race and someone fell. (This is were I get blurry) It was either one of the other racers or all of the other racers, stopped and helped the fallen racer up and helped them to finish the race. Again, this is blurry, but I think that everyone crossed the line at the same time as the fallen racer, so that everyone was a winner.  Even if it was just the one person who helped the fallen racer up and helped them cross the line, it shows what is really important. And it's not the race.
   
   I agree with Jen, that if one of my children decided to forfeit a race, that was very important to them, to help a friend and/or a stranger, I would be way prouder of them than if they had won the race. Again, I believe that Harry made the choice to do what was right (in his mind) as opposed to what was easy. He could not in good conscious leave the other hostages behind. And it wasn't only Hermione and Cho he was worried about, but the little sister of a competitor, whom he didn't really like, who treated him as a naughty little boy. I was very proud of Harry after that scene, very proud indeed. There are many more things important to winning a race, and that is another part of the power that he has, that the Dark Lord knows not.
   
  Catherine


		
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