THEY'RE CHILDREN!!! (pardon the scream) was The Houses Again

[ccampboyle]

No: HPFGUIDX 173698

> Julie:
> What I'm really asking I guess is, where are the ADULTS?
> Why aren't THEY doing something to turn these children around?
> Why hasn't the Headmaster and why haven't the teachers, and why
> hasn't the society risen up and said, "This camp of simmering
> pureblood superiority is not acceptable, and we're not going
> to sit back and allow it to fester!"
<SNIP>

After 25 years of watching the machinations of alumni, trustees,
etc. of my college, the answer to your question is that I'm willing
to bet there are plenty of adult Slytherin alumni out there who
don't want things to change, and who are undoubtedly well represented
among the trustees. Remember the trouble Dumbledore faced in Chamber
of Secrets? Throughout the first five books, Dumbledore has to deal
with the fact that Lucius Malfoy is both a trustee and influential
at the Ministry.

Even after the series is over, I'm willing to bet there are enough
alumni of all the Houses (both non-Slytherins and non-DE Slytherins)
who don't want to get rid of the Houses. They have warm, fuzzy
memories of their own experience in the Houses, and would, I'm sure,
threaten to not pay for new Quidditch uniforms or a new score board
if there were any talk of discontinuing the Houses.

Cathy B.