what to do with the slytherin house?

Tenne tenne at redshift.bc.ca
Sat Sep 29 22:54:08 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 177551

One question I have been pondering when reading the posts about the Slytherin House is what else would you do with them besides admit them into Hogwarts and into their own house?
Do you ban them from getting an education because of what their family (and probably them believe)?  Do you make them have to leave their country to get an eductation?  You could mingle the houses, but there is no way that Draco would be allowed to be with muggle borns or mudbloods.  As far as he and his parents are concerend, its bad enough that he has to attend the same school as them.  Being in the same house would simply not do.  If I was part of the WW and I knew of the hate towards my child being mudblood, etc, I certainly wouldn't want them sleeping in the same room as someone who would cheer if they died.

I would rather know what someone felt eg. Slytherin House, and be able to protect myself than have them living incognito beside me.

But really, other than have a Slytherin House, would you do with someone like Draco?  Even having them live in the same school and be in the same classes as "others" doesn't change their prejudices.
Civilized people have to live with horrible people.  That is just a fact of life.  Look at the class bully in real life. How many of them change?  Very few in my experience.  Look at the Jena 6 happening in the US, has years of school intergration changed any prejudices there?  What do we do with the racists or Slytherins?
Terri

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