The Princes Tale

[Sue]

No: HPFGUIDX 172667

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marika_thestral"
> <marika_thestral@> wrote:
> "And I can't believe that Hogwarts (in the Epiloge) kept sorting
> people into Houses. Not because Voldemort suggested that Slytherin
> was the only necessary house to keep, but for the same reason that
> Dumbledore told Snape that sometimes he thought it was too early to
> sort at the age of 11(DH p. 545), but I wish to add that besides
> being too early it also prevents Slytherins to choose the good path.

Sue says:
I believe they kept with sorting because it is a tradition dating to the founding of the school.  Also, DD was correct about 11 being to soon to be sorted.  They should wait a year, one reason being many first years are muggleborns and new nothing of the wizarding world before they received their letters. There may have been quite a few more muggleborns in Slytherin if they waited.

marika:
>
> But notice the difference when Harry tells his son that the bravest
> man he ever met had been a Slytherin. I take that to mean that
there
> has been a change of attitude towards Slytherin over the ensuing 19
> years.

Sue here:

Yes, there is sure to have been a change in attitude, but I believe
that statement by Harry just shows that Harry has truly forgiven
Snape for most, if not everything, Snape did to Harry.