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Due to the Weasley Swamp having now overtaken the middle of the first floor corridor, it is nearly impossible to get to class without getting wet. But Professor Glendower had come up with an ingenious idea to save her students from having to dive in! She was able to construct and duplicate rafts and oars to help get the students of Hogwarts from one side of the corridor to the next - namely to her classroom! They are stacked along one side of the swamp as you get to it and there is enough for everyone to get across and go to class. Just leave them at the other side so you can get back across when class is over.
Once you arrive at the classroom door you are greeted with the large sign that hangs outside - one that a returning student probably was already expecting.
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Make an Entrance
Respectfully
As you enter the room, you may become increasingly aware of the soft, yet upbeat music playing that the professor is also singing along to as she looks over her notes at her podium. Come on in and take a seat.. class will begin shortly!
OOC - The swamp isn't that deep - only about waist-high - no drowning or serious injury, please. But it does block the way to class, so rafts are your best bet
"Oh man. Professor. I got this. GODRIC GRYFFINDOR founded our House and basically he was awesome. And he fought with a sword. And I feel strongly that you should arm the Gryffidors with swords today in class in his honor."
Nessa looked expectantly at Zahra as she was the first to answer. ”Yes, that’s right!” she beamed brightly as the girl gave her contribution. ”Godric Gryffindor was the founder of the Gryffindor house.” She was sure he was pretty awesome too and knew all about the sword. She also gave her a knowing look. ”Maybe.. maybe..” This girl was certainly accustomed to her teaching methods.
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
"Professor I know Helga Hufflepuff was one of the founders. I know she contributed most of the recipes for all the delicious food we have at Hogwarts.." Hmm some of the food was tasty and his mouth was watering just thinking about it.
And a second name, great! ”That’s correct!” she exclaimed happily. ”Helga Hufflepuff was the founder of the Hufflepuff House.” Wasn’t it just the cutest that they were naming the ones of the house that they were in? That was expected though, she supposed. ”Mhmm, it’s said that she was quite the chef as well.”
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
"There were four of them, and they were friendly-like and started a school. And we have the four houses named after them. But Professor... who was Hogwarts? Was he a fifth guy?"
Nod, nod. Yes, Dot was correct so far and Nessa smiled encouragingly at her. ”Right! Four founders and four houses.. named after them.” Hmm, that was an interesting inquiry, but Nessa shook her head a bit while she continued to smile. ”Hogwarts wasn’t a person, no.. more like a vision..” She’d leave it at that for now to see if anyone could expand on that thought. If not, she’d explain.
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Originally Posted by Sararara
PUFFER PRIDE STUFF. OH YEAH. SHE GOT THIS. Norah grinned shot her hand in the air, waving it around enthusiastically because all the love for Helga Hufflepuff, obviously. She nodded enthusiastically at Kace's point, because food was very important if y'asked her, and added, "Helga Hufflepuff didn't discriminate against anybody, so she was really fair and everything." Wooooh! She didn't even discriminate against short people! She knew that for a fact. Heh.
Nessa grinned at Norah as she seemed so enthusiastic. And who wouldn’t be? Hufflepuff was awesome! (Well, they all were, but Hufflepuff YAY) ”Isn’t that a wonderful outlook on life?” Yes, she really could admire Ms. Hufflepuff for the way she treated other people. ”And you’re right.. she wanted to include everyone.” That was just so kind and sweet.
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Originally Posted by natethegreat
Raising his hand enthusiastically, but still calmly and collectedly, and not waving it in the air like a little child, Gregoire said "Well, to begin, the four founders of Hogwarts were Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff." The boy waited a second before he continued on. "Those four, named the houses they founded, after their last names. For example, Salazar founded Slytherin. So on and so forth for the other three founders. They founded Hogwarts in the..." Wait. Hold on. The Snake had to think about this before he spoke. "Tenth, century, if I'm correct? Either the tenth or the eleventh. One of those two." The Slytherin took another quick second to breath. "Each of those four people valued some certain traits. Which we now know today, as the traits used to sort students into their house. Don't each of the houses also correspond to a certain element?" That summed up all he knew about the four founders of Hogwarts. Which was a lot...
Nessa nodded… and nodded.. and nodded some more as Gregoire spilled out his answer. Merlin, the boy knew a lot about the school’s founders. ”Ok, good.. those are the names of the four founders,” she said with a big smile. They had already named two of them, but that summed up the rest. ”And the four houses that we still have today are named after them… each with distinct traits, some of which the founders valued more than others.” Good outline of the basics, but.. ”Like a chemical element..?”Yeah, no.. Nessa didn’t know anything about Chemistry anyway.
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Caleb listened to a few other answers before raising his hand. "Salazar Slytherin was a parseltongue. That's why his house has the snake," he explained. Also he made that whole Chamber of Secrets nonsense and put a giant evil snake in there...but thankfully the rest of the house had evolved since then and weren't EVIL anymore.
”It is such a rare gift to be able to speak to snakes like that,” Nessa nodded at the prefect enthusiastically. She thought it was pretty neat.. just like Cassie’s gift for sensing animals, though that was a different sort of thing. What were they talking about again? Oh right.. ”Yes, a parseltongue.. and the Slytherin house animal is a snake in that honor.” Good answer!
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
"Professor, like Dot said there are 4 of them. But what if there is a fifth one that none of them liked and kick them out and they have their own secret house underneath the school. Waiting for revenge"
”Ooooh, that would be quite the plot twist, wouldn’t it?" she exclaimed with excitement as Dante put forth a theory. An incorrect one, but a rather inventive and interesting one. ”That fifth one would be well over a thousand years old if that were the case though.. so as exciting as that could be, it’s also unlikely.”
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Originally Posted by littledhampir
"They each had different ideas about the students they wanted to teach. That's why they formed the houses, and people are sorted based on those qualities."
Nessa nodded a bit as she thought over the answer. ”In a general sense, yes..” she said, giving the girl an encouraging smile. ”But it wasn’t always so cut and dried.”
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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy
This was a discussion she could join in on there was a great deal she knew about Slytherin. Placing her quill down the young brunette raised her hand in order to give her answer. Salazar Slytherin was the founder of Slytherin and he made the Chamber of Secrets in which a basilisk was kept and it was only able to be opened by a true heir of Slytherin." Hady could've continued on with more information but she fell silent knowing she should give the others in the class a chance to answer.
Nessa listened to Hady’s answer next and nodded thoughtfully. Sounded like something out of a novel, really, though she knew it to be true. ”Yes, that’s right.. sort of dreadful thing to do if you really think about it.” Really, holding a monster until a person released it to wipe out people he didn’t think were worthy. But colorful.
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Originally Posted by Hey Ju
"Salazar Slytherin had a really high standard and thought only the best could be taught magic." Or only purebloods but whatever. Agatha wasn't a pureblood but she was still amazing so he would totally have picked her anyway back in his days.
”Well, his opinion on who was the best,” Nessa said with a tight smile. Really unkind if you asked her, but Agatha was not incorrect. ”But yes, he was rather selective..”
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Originally Posted by Squishy
The topic of the lesson was the Hogwarts Founders. Lux knew a fair bit about them but felt it was best not to hog all the facts for herself so that everyone could contribute. Raising her hand, she gave her answer. "The founders were Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. All of them besides Helga Hufflepuff had different qualities they valued in students, and these qualities went into the Houses they founded. Hufflepuff didn't discriminate and accepted everyone." Helga Hufflepuff really was her kind of person.
Nessa nodded enthusiastically at each of the names that Lux said. Someone had already mentioned them, but it was alright as the girl expanded on her information a bit. ”To an extent, yes.. Really, Gryffindor thought all magical children should be taught, but once the houses were decided, those certain traits he valued were incorporated into his house.” It might have gone on without any division if they could agree otherwise. ”Yes, she most certainly did.. though she valued certain traits about others as well.” Did she know what they were?
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel raised her hand. "Professor the founders were four brave and noble knights, that came together in this land." Angel looked around the classroom before continuing. "They might have taken this land off another knight I don't know, but I'm sure it was owned by someone because it was land after all and this castle is huge and I'm sure that even though they were wizards that they couldn't just magic a castle out of thin air and this is a huge castle so it would have taken years to build without help... so I'm sure they had help from people less well off then these almighty knights." Angel stopped there, she had a lot more to say but decided against continuing because she didn't want to get into trouble. "I can give you a full hour talk on my theories after lesson if you want Professor?" Angel decided to add that in.
Nessa leaned against her podium, nodding slowly as Angel wove an imaginative tale. ”That’s.. rather interesting, dear?” Or creative or something. ”Where did you get your information? Maybe after class..” They really didn’t have time for that now.
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Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur
"Like some have already said, they are the ones the Houses are all named after. EAch had his and her own unique trait. Together they split but United Hogwarts." Chance said at the smiling professor.
”Split but united.. interesting way to look at things,” Nessa beamed brightly at Chance. They certainly were both in that way.. but was it a good thing or a bad thing? She supposed there were pros and cons for it really.
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
"I know that Helga Hufflepuff was the one who brought the house elves here," she said, raising her hand. There. She'd said something, and it had been about a house other than her own.
”Oh, she did!” Nessa suddenly exclaimed. ”Aren’t they the best?” She really hoped that all the students appreciated the hard work the elves did and were also kind to them.
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Originally Posted by Team ronmione
Then class was beginning soon enough, and Finn was thinking up of some answer. Waiting for it, waiting for it. Had this been said before? "Did-didn't they like.. like have a fight? Like, when-when they were trying to.. set up the school or or something... Since they all had diff-different beliefs and stuff, their heads were clashing with-with each other?" He said, giving it a shot. Sorta similar to what others said, but on a slightly different route. Or so he felt.
”Mhmm, in a matter of speaking,” she said with an enthusiastic nod. ”Sometimes even the best of friends fight.. and Gryffindor and Slytherin had a pretty bad one. They just couldn’t resolve their differences and it created a terrible rift between them. Slytherin eventually just.” There were traditionally rivalries among the houses but not typically as great as they once were.
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Originally Posted by Gabben
*Rubbing his chin in thought Noah tried to think about what he knew about the founders. Turns out he knew a lot, but that was mostly due to his dad. He knew that most of his classmates would probably talk the common knowledge of the founders. Like how their was an argument between Slytherin and the other three, blah, blah, blah. But what was an odd unknown fact... His hand shot up as he remembered one.*
"Miss? Helga Hufflepuff brought the house elves to Hogwarts. She made Hogwarts a refuge for them, and as a result they are treated more kindly here than elsewhere."
Nessa nodded in Noah’s direction as he raised his hand, calling on him. ”Oh, yes, she sure did! She really had a fondness for living creatures and was quite an advocate for fair treatment. I really hope everyone can be just as kind to them here.” They really were so sweet and accommodating, they deserved a good treatment.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar
Hmm... what did she know that them? AJ raised her hand. "I heard that the snake one didn't like people like me." She was a muggleborn, you see. "And he thought we shouldn't be allowed to learn magic." What a git he must have been. "Thankfully the other founders didn't agree and said all blood statues could learn magic."
People like her? Nessa looked at Aubrey curiously. ”Are you Muggleborn, dear?” That is what she gathered from that anyway, since Slytherin had an issue with that. ”Yes, he did think that, but you’re right, the others knew better.” She smiled broadly at the girl. Thankfully people didn’t have those archaic views and the other three stood their ground on that issue.
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Originally Posted by Tegz
"Professor! There was a great tragic romance. Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, who is now the Hogwarts house ghost, was totally killed by the Slytherin house ghost because he was sooo in love with her." Basically. Paraphrasing. "Rowena Ravenclaw was sick and dying and she sent the Bloody Baron to go get her daughter to see her one last time but Helena wouldn't come so he totally killed her in a rage, and then killed himself out of regret. I wonder how that felt to Rowena, on her death bed and everything, if she felt like it was her fault?" Sigh. So tragic.
SIIIIIIIIIGGHHHHH. ”Oh, yes.. so tragic! So romantic!” Nessa loved stories like this, she was such a hopeless romantic. She let her mind wander for a minute, reveling in the tragedy of it all. She had totally read this story, well several times, but she never tired of hearing it. The professor was soon enough snapped out of her thoughts noticing another raised hand. Oh right.. class.
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Originally Posted by Buggy-Boo
Trying to move on Margo was thinking about the founders. What did she know about them. Raising her hand Margo as ready to take a stab at it. "There were four founder Professor" Margo said "Our four houses represent them and what each valued most in students. For example Hufflepuff *cough the best house cough* valued loyalty, Gryffindor bravery, Ravenclaw wisdom, and Slytherin cunning." Margo smiled, she was finally excited about a subject.
Nessa nodded happily at the first year. ”Typically, yes.. those are often traits associated with those houses.” It was a shame that they often got stereotyped as well though.
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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104
Could anyone else notice how perfectly fitting Z's and Ruby's answers were? Marigold stifled a giggle at both of her friends' answers, then raised her hand for her own. "Salazar Slytherin ended up leaving Hogwarts, before which he put a basilisk in the castle, specifically the Chamber of Secrets. All three of the other founders stayed at Hogwarts a little longer." Pause. "Did the founders teach subjects? Or do we not have record of this?"
Nessa nodded as the Hufflepuff prefect offered her answer next. They did touch on the basilisk already – which was dreadful, by the way. But she beamed brightly and nodded enthusiastically at the girl’s question. ”Oh of course they did! They were the school’s original teachers!” They were the most skilled witches and wizards of their time so it did make sense for them to want to pass on their knowledge.
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
As for the question though... He only knew a select couple of things about the founders of Hogwarts... Most of which were already said, but he did feel the need to add on to something in particular. Raising his hand slowly, "Even though the founders look for specific traits in people for their house, it's not all clear cut... Some of the lines are blurred because well, there isn't just one type of bravery, one sort of badger, or one kind of Slytherin." Looking directly at you Zahra Kettleburn. HMPH. Not Hufflepuff, okay?
Though... His point kind of strayed from the topic, didn't it? And uh, he felt the need to redeem himself okay? So before Professor Glendower would be able to move on from his answer, he quickly added in the second bit. Ahem. "But uh, it's kind of cool how the first letter of each of their first names is the same letter as the first one in their sir names." Sorta redemption? Eh. All the good answers were already taken, okay? Give him a break. Please?
Nessa smiled and Zander and nodded her agreement to his answer. ”Yes, it’s true that while the houses seem to be associated with certain traits, people are all different and there are different personalities that fit in different places.” That’s why she hated the stereotypes that sometimes went along with them. People weren’t all exactly the same even within the houses. Oh and that too.. ”I love alliterations! Aren’t they fun to say?”
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Originally Posted by Deezerz
She raised her hand after the question and a few comments were voiced. "Many historical documents theorize that Rowena Ravenclaw chose the location and name of Hogwarts." Maybe that answered her Snake's question. "Apparently she went through with it because of a dream she had of a warty hog that lead her to a cliff by a lake." Interesting dreams that woman had.
Nessa loved that story too! It sounded like something that could be done with Divination.. another subject that she really liked. ”That is typically the accepted story, yes.. Kind of interesting, isn’t it?” Nessa certainly thought so, she really loved dream interpretation.
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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black
As for the question being asked, that was also a simple thing. Straightening up her posture and raising her hand slowly (Quentin forbid she gets thrown into the dungeons again), she spoke gallantly, "One of the founders was named after me." OBVIOUSLY, it was a joke. (looking at you, "fellow" snakes and "unfellow" ravens) Although, does logic really apply in this place? Not really.
Named after her..? Nessa looked curiously at the girl a moment, then furrowed her brow as she reached for her roster list. She was a new one to the school, she was fairly sure and her brown eyes quickly scanned the list for some sort of understanding in what the girl was saying. ”Ah,” she finally said, looking up with a smile. ”You must be Rowena.” Or she hoped. Though technically it was more likely to be the other way around.
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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11
When it was her turn, Janelle shared her tidbit. "Rowena Ravenclaw had a diadem that was supposed to make the person who wore it have more wisdom." Answer given, Janelle went back to taking notes.
”She once did, yes..” Nessa nodded, smiling brightly at the girl. ”Wouldn’t that be an amazing thing to have? I guess it’s no wonder that it was stolen..” And of course, later destroyed.. but it was pretty cool all the same.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
"Uh...they all lived a thousand years ago. Which explains the drastic social and racial gape between houses." Purebloods, mixed, muggleborn and everywhere inbetween. They were uncivilised then. Poor things.
Nessa nodded. ”Mhmm, it was a long time ago.. and thoughts and ideas certainly have evolved and developed since them.” She thought for the better at least.
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Soooo, the Founders of Hogwarts. Awesome! There were so many things about those four that Adi didn't know where to begin. Fortunately, his classmates started responding immediately thus narrowing down possible answers. Finally he raised his hand. "Helga Hufflepuff was born in Wales and Godric Gryffindor in Godric's Hollow." Pause. "Er, I forgot where the other two were born.'' What? There was no shame in someone forgetting something.
”Oh! Oh yes, Gryffindor was born in West Country.. and the village there later was named in his honor.” She didn’t know what it had been called prior. And Hufflepuff from Wales, mhm! Perhaps someone else would come up with the other birthplaces.. but it wasn’t all that pertinent to the discussion either way.
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Originally Posted by fire_faerie
Founders of Hogwarts? Huh. She didn't know much, just their names and things. Oh, wait there was one thing. "The sorting hat belonged to a founder, Godric Gryffindor. They enchanted it to sort into the four houses once they died," she raised her hand, and then went quiet. Bambi was in an uncharacteristically bad mood - take a stinky, wet, muddy swamp and group it together with her number one least favourite class and you got yourself a grumpy Bambi.
Nessa smiled at this newcomer to her class as she gave her answer. ”yes, they did.. and the same one is used today!” She found that simply amazing. ”did you know that before they enchanted the hat, they sorted students themselves?” That was pretty interesting too and she wondered just how that would go without looking into their minds like the hat did.
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Originally Posted by slytherus
What does he know about the founders? Not much. "Salazar Slytherin was Voldemort's great, great, great... Uhmm... Great grandpa..?" Well, he knew that much.
”I thiiiiink there might be a few more ‘greats’ in there,” Nessa said, tapping her finger on her chin thoughtfully. ”But yes, he was a direct descendant..” Many, many years in between there though.
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Originally Posted by sarahlooo
Finally, she raised her hand. "Godric Gryffindor was the most successful duelers in his time and he fought against Muggle discrimination." So he was really good at magic and not a jerk about it.
Calling on the next student to raise her hand, Nessa nodded happily. ”You’re right on both accounts! And that is likely why he had such difficulties with his friend Salazar.” That seemed like such a huge issue to disagree on – Muggles, Muggleborns, and the like.. no wonder it caused an irreparable rift.
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Originally Posted by Hera
"What they said, Professor," he nodded, gesturing at nobody in particular, just AROUND the room at ALL the people and ALL the answers. Yep. There was no point in repeating what had been said, that would be daft.
Yeah, okay.. Nessa nodded at the slime-covered boy. What they said was all correct and she could appreciate that he didn’t want to repeat an answer.. though she was sure there was something he could add.. even his own thoughts or opinions.
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Originally Posted by RandomRaven
And now they're talking about the Hogwarts founder. She put her hand up in the air and spoke. "One of the founder is Salazar Slytherin. He's a parselmouth, I think that's why Slytherin house emblem is snake.. And he really wanted that Hogwarts only accepted pure blood students..." And she did disagree with that. What's wrong if she was a half-blood? She's a half blood and she's a Slytherin. Nowadays even muggleborn students belonged in Slytherin.
Nessa nodded as the girl offered her answer. She was certain that they had heard this earlier from several of the students but it was all correct. ”Yes, those are good points about Slytherin..”
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Originally Posted by Felixir
"They're where a lot of the feud stuff started. House rivalry and that. Which is, y'know, sad. It was for sad reasons." Pointless reasons. It was much better to think that all the house feud stuff was basically gone, now. Toby paused then, before speaking again in a sort of half-distracted way. "Jeremy Gryffindor. We had a professor once who insisted one of them was called Jeremy Gryffindor."
Gosh, Nessa just adored Toby.. he always gave such insightful and astute answers. ”It really was sad to have such division over issues like they did.. I wonder how things would have been different if there wasn’t such discord..” And as it happened at times, he hinted towards the next part of the discussion. But that would come in a few, after everyone had a chance to answer. Er.. what? ”Jeremy Gryffindor? Maybe that was a descendant of his..” Or ancestor? She wasn’t familiar with that name really.
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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE
Oh-Oh! Aegis did know something pretty damn cool about Mr.Gryffindor! He did. "Professor! Like Zahra said." he pointed to her "Gryffindor had a Sword! and He also had the Sorting Hat!" He pointed to the Ravenclaw girl who pointed that out. He was feeling like a sword right now..so pointy. "He made sure that only True Gryffindors..." Like him, clearly he could pull that sword from that Hat, no big deal "Could pull his sword from the Sorting Hat." He didn't need to read a stinky History Boo to know that. It was Legend!!
Nessa eyes shifted from Ægis to Zahra as he pointed at her, then back to him again. Yes, she nodded, sword and hat.. that had been mentioned. Then she tilted her head a bit and gave him a knowing smile. ”True Gryffindor.. why do you think he put that into place? And what makes one a true Gryffindor?” She was interested in his thoughts on the matter actually.. was it as cut and dried as it sounded or was there something more to it?
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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah
"Before the founders came along there really wasn't any sort of cohesive magical education, was there? It's thanks to them that we all know basic charms and potions. Although, they disagreed on who should get an education." And if Glendower asked him, he'd tell her straight up that he found Helga Hufflepuff's approach to be the most fascinating. Mix it all up and make a little chaos. Why not. The restriction of certain snakes was just plain blasphemous to the ideal of capital and opportunity.
”Exactly! All very good points.. It was thanks to these four people that real magical education was put into place.” Nessa smiled widely at Cutty. He always seemed to give well-thought out answers.. some of them more of an interesting nature than others.
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Originally Posted by Grayson
ANYWAYS. Did he know anything? He sure did! So, Grayson raised his hand right up into the air. "I find it kinda ironic that Slytherin had a locket that had an S on it and, because it was a horcrux or whatever, it was destroyed by the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Kinda links back to their feud all those years ago." Kinda.
”Oooh, that really is ironic, isn’t it? Like something out of a good novel.. an interesting little plot twist..” She loved stories like that.. and she agreed, it was like a link back to the original feud and now it had some sort of closure in a way.[/color]
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Originally Posted by griffin
They were going to be talking about the founders of Hogwarts! "Rowena Ravenclaw valued intelligence and wisdom." Penelope knew more about the founders than that, but there were other people in the class who should have opportunities to answer. This was going to be so exciting! Professor Glendower's classes were always fun. It was a shame about the swamp though. Hopefully they would do something about it soon.
Nessa nodded as she heard Penelope's answer. She thought it pretty cute that she would speak about her own house. "Yes, you're right, she did!"
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Originally Posted by Optimist
“I never realized you were ancient Ror,” she grinned over to her before raising her hand. “According to Hogwarts, A History” she flushed realizing how she sounded nerdy. She was not a nerd. “Well…Helga Hufflepuff was the ancestor to a rather…wimpy Hufflepuff? One Zacharias Smith who didn’t even fight in the great war though he was a member of the group called Dumbledore’s Army” Puck chimed in….it wasn’t really founder related…but founder’s heir related.
Nessa quirked an eyebrow in the prefect's direction as she answered. "Oh.. was he?" She vaguely knew that name but not for certain that he'd be descended from her. It didn't matter a whole lot since they wouldn't be talking about him today anyway. "Well.. there is a fight or flight mechanism that we all possess.. doesn't always make one better than the other.." Sometimes it was easy to say that you could fight in the face of imminent death, but when it came down to it, it could be a really scary thing.
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Originally Posted by kayquilz
She stared at him for a few minutes before clearing her throat and raising her hand. "Um--Well--" Crudddddikins. She didn't know squaaaaat about the founders, she was realizing. "Well, Rowena was brunette."
Nessa smiled at Eden and waited a few minutes for the girl to expand on her answer. When none seemed to be forthcoming, she simply nodded and said, "Mhm.. ok.." Moving on..
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Originally Posted by lemon
But he managed to snap out of his odd thoughts long enough to raise his hand and produce an answer. "Rowena Ravenclaw supposedly chose the name and location of Hogwarts, based on a dream that she had about a warty hog taking her to a cliff edge by a lake." Yeah! They had a SUPER ASTUTE founder. Which meant he was in a super astute house.
"Yes!" Nessa beamed at Dima as he answered. She still loved this story of dream interpretation. "Isn't that such a neat way to come up with a name? And it seemed like her dream was spot on." Could they ask for a better location? And the name was fun too.
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
"Rowena Ravenclaw I believe was from the glen...or Scotland and Salazar Slytherin was from the fen...possibly around Norfolk ."
Oh yes, and that was the other two. Someone had mentioned the first. "The glens of Scotland," she nodded. Probably another reason the location was here as she'd likely dream of a local place. And that was where Slytherin was theorized to have come from as well. "So we have one from the North, one from the South, one from the East and one from the West." Interesting how that worked out also, so that all regions were represented.
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Originally Posted by Bleu
Bleu quietly raised her hand and waited to be called on. "Didn't he-who-must-not-be-named use personal items from Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw as horcruxs? Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's goblet, and Ravenclaw's diadem." She was pretty sure that was how Harry Potter defeated the Dark Lord, by destroying those items.
Nessa nodded at the girl, smiling brightly at her thoughtful answer. "He certainly did! I can't even imagine how difficult it had to have been to find such rare artifacts.. But they were very important to him." It was a shame that he used them for such horrible things though.
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Originally Posted by blackboard
Four Founders of Hogwarts
most skilled wizards of their day
wanted to create a structured magical education for young witches and wizards
founded Hogwarts in the Tenth Century
Godric Gryffindor
from West Country
sword, accessible to true Gryffindors
created sorting Hat
valued bravery
representative animal = lion
Helga Hufflepuff
from Wales
known as non-discriminatory and fair
skilled with cooking charms, contributed many of her recipes to Hogwarts
advocate for House Elves, brought many to Hogwarts
valued loyalty
representative animal = badger
Rowena Ravenclaw
from Scotland
valued wisdom
diadem, worn to enhance wisdom
determined location and name of school based on a dream
representative animal = eagle
Salazar Slytherin
from East of England
spoke Parseltongue
kept a Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets
did not want to educate Muggleborns
representative animal = snake
Once she felt that everyone had time to answer, Nessa waved her wand and transferred some of the most pertinent information on the board. "Great answers, everyone! These are some basic things we know about each of the Founders." She gave them all a few minutes to absorb and write things down if they needed to. "In the most basic sense, we know that these four people were the most skilled witches and wizards of their time, and they had a desire to create a structured magical education for young witches and wizards to learn what they felt was essential for a magical person. Though it was set up for any young person showing magical abilities before age 11 - and still is - there eventually was disagreeing among them that eventually drove them apart but not before leading them to split the school into houses."
"The four houses create a division of students while still being united within Hogwarts." It was an interesting system, she felt, with its own unique pros and cons. "Each house, as you likely know, reflects the traits that each of the founders valued most. While Hogwarts wouldn't turn away a student if they have magical ability, perhaps they would be more or less likely to be placed in a certain house." And that sometimes led to the stereotypes often associated with certain houses.
"So, let's start a discussion - The Founders set up their houses partially as an attempt to settle their differences. How do you feel things would be different - for the better or for the worse - if they had just agreed on things in the first place? Do you think that there would still be separate houses within the school? And do you think that having separate houses is more or less beneficial than not?" There were definite thoughts on either side and she'd like to hear what they thought before they moved on.
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Adi shot Benny a look of gratefulness for completing his answer. Besties helping each other out! The way it should always be. Returning his attention to the lesson, he began to make notes from the blackboard. So much information on those four!
He was not quite finished with note taking, however, when Glendower tossed the next questions. After a moment of thought, Adi raised his hand. "I think would have been better for the students if Gryffindor and Slytherin in particular, had agreed on certain things. There would not have been such hostility between them. Things have improved since then but I think it would have been better if Slytherin had not bothered about blood status.'' Just saying. Why did someone's blood status have to matter? Not all Slytherin students were pureblood, anyway. "If everyone agreed, I think there would still be separate Houses because the Founders looked more at just blood. It's my opinion that Houses are more beneficial because it helps us to see that we're all different but can still get along with each other.'' Weren't him and Benny a good example of this? They were so different from each other, exact opposites in fact, but they were still like brothers.
The Hufflepuff concluded on his lengthy opinion then returned to making his notes.
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Learning... he was totally trying this learning thing on for size. Quill in hand, Zeke scribbled down the notes from the board. He didn't know MUCH about the Founder people until now, but... this was progress. Not to mention, some of it was pretty cool. Like Gryffindor's sword... he wanted it. He wanted the sword to present itself to him. NOW.
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BUT, he couldn't think of THAT right now, cause there was talking things to be said first. Boo. At least these questions were easier - opinion based and not fact based.
Hand raised, Zeke managed to piece together his thoughts on the matter.
"If they all agreed, I think Hogwarts would be boring. Everyone would be seen as sort of being the same, and really they'd be ONE big group... unless the Founders decided to divide them randomly to create teams. But random selection can be hurtful, like, my favourite colour's red, and if I got blue instead... it'd suck. But since Gryffindor is brave, and I like to think I'm brave, I could even live with it not being red." Values, they made a difference. BUT... he wasn't done yet. "I like the Houses and being divided, cause competition makes you try harder, and trying is good."
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Janelle looked at the board and added to her notes. She filled in the important facts that she had missed during the discussion. The founders of Hogwarts sounded like they were very interesting people. Janelle kind of wished she could go back in time and see what they were really like.
When Professor Glendower asked the next question, Janelles's hand shot into the air. She had an opinion about this and she wanted to share it. "I think things would be better if they had settled their differences. Aren't things always better when people are getting along? There might have still been separate houses, but maybe we wouldn't have been separated based on certain characteristics. Houses are nice......but it's not always nice for people to assume things about you just because of the house you're in. We all have layers, right?". Janelle liked to think she had a little bit of all the houses inside of her.
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What an interesting discussion.
Bianca really wanted to share her opinion badly. She put her hand on the air and spoke. "Well, I think there's the good and bad side of having the separated houses. Like, the bad sides are every house thought that they're the best and superior. Sometimes they like.. underestimate the other house. For example, students from house A thought house B people was the lowest class of wizarding community and students from house B thought that house A was snobby and arrogant." She didn't want to mention the ACTUAL houses cause believe her, it would cause the war.
"But well, the good sides are the students from every house could develop their traits based on the houses." She continued to speak. "I mean, gryffindors could develop their bravery and chivalry, hufflepuffs could develop their loyalty and hardworking, ravenclaw could develop their intelligence and wisdom, slytherins could develop their ambitious and cunning. So, if they're all agreed on the first place I don't think there will be house system and I'm afraid that students with some specific traits could not develop their traits. Not to mention that muggleborns weren't allowed to attend Hogwarts." She wasn't a big fan of blood status and she thought that despite of the status, they were all wizards and witches and had a right to attend the wizarding school.
She hoped Glendower got her point.
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Kate didn't want to imagine a Hogwarts without houses! From as far back as she could remember, she had always wanted to be a Ravenclaw. That kind of thing was important to her, and she didn't think Hogwarts would be nearly as beneficial if the houses weren't in place. Having lots to say on this topic, Kate raised her hand. "Professor, I think the four separate houses are a wonderful addition to the school," she began. Lowering her hand, she continued. "Not everyone is born the same. We all have different interests, different dislikes, and different things we want to do when we graduate. I think having the four different houses allows us to have the direction we need but also the chances to have classes with and hang out with people who are different from us, too." Yes, direction from the house they were placed in but lots of chances to be around others no matter what their house was. "I think not having four houses just kind of assumes that everybody is the same and everybody wants the same thing out of their school life and their adult life."
Plussss, she didn't say this part, but who didn't love a good competition? It brought lots of FUN to the school, too!
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Professor Glendower made good points, and Lux supposed that it was true that Helga Hufflepuff valued some traits in her students despite being the most accepting of all the founders. Godric Gryffindor was definitely her favourite, however, and she thought it was pretty cool that his object was a sword. Not because she liked violence, but because knights used swords and she loved the stories about knights.
Copying down what was on the board, she thought about the questions that Professor Glendower asked. They required some thought, and after a moment, Lux raised her hand. "I think that if Gyffindor and Slytherin had reached an understanding, things would have ended up better between those two Houses. A rivalry existed between Gryffindor and Slytherin for ages and things are much better now, but the whole thing caused more trouble than it was worth."
The second question required a little more thought than the first one did but she had an opinion on that as well. "I think that the separate Houses show how everyone is different but can still get along. I think that having the different Houses is a good idea, because then people can be with people who are similar to them and form a sort of group." Did that make sense? She had no idea. She also left out the part where she had been sorted into the wrong House because it wasn't really relevant to the discussion.
She liked her answer, she DID! Norah grinned and nodded at Professor Glendower, because that was a good outlook on life. Way to go, Hufflepuff. Woot! She wrote all the notes down on her parchment, underlining each founders' name with a curly squiggle and little stars. But oh. That was an interesting question. Ohhh. The third year had never even thought of that before. But it made so much SENSE now! SOSOSOSO much sense! She had never questioned if before, but now the hand was up there waving again because wooooah. WAVEWAVEWAVE.
"I don't know, really." It didn't SOUND like the beginning of an awesome answer, but it WAS, okay. "'Cause if the founders had all agreed and not had houses then they'd just have to find some other way to group us into smaller thingies 'cause little communities are good, I think." Plus it'd be hard for all the third years to sleep in one giant dormitory. FUN, though. "But at the same time it's not so good 'cause what if you don't think you have all the 'traits' you're s'posed to have and feel like you don't fit in with your house? That's a sad thing. It isn't nice to stereotype people 'cause they are or aren't a certain way." DIDJA HEAR THAT, PEOPLE? It was MEAN. Norah had her eye on you. Alllll of you.
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A Hogwarts without houses? Blasphemy! Caleb couldn't imagine not having houses, and not living in the dungeons with all the snake stuff all around him. He raised his hand and weighed in his thoughts on the matter.
"Even though the houses have had problems with each other in the past - namely Slytherin and Gryffindor," he began. Those darn Gryffindors starting trouble and everything..."I think things are MUCH better now, so even though it took centuries to get everything right, the house system ended up working out in the end. The founders probably would have wanted us to get it together soon but...what can you do?" he said with a shrug.
"Plus I think the houses are an important part of our identity. I will forever identity as a Slytherin. Even after being sorted, it becomes a good jumping off point to see your true personality. Like...there are a lot of aspects of Slytherin that I see in myself, but I am also very aware of how I'm NOT a Slytherin and I can see the traits of other houses in me as well. Knowing that the houses aren't so black and white has helped our relationships, I think, and like I said, it helps everyone get a better insight into their personalities as well when you compare yourself to the other houses," he explained. That was a lengthy explanation but he hoped they understood what he was on about...
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Would the founders agreeing have made things better or worse? She questioned as she looked up at the notes on the board. There wasn’t much on the actual house traits but was that needed? She sat there for a moment longer thinking before raising her hand.
“I actually don’t think that the founders agreeing would have changed much – except for the possibility for muggleborn to be taught magic at Hogwarts.” She glanced up for a moment before continuing on, “If they had worked well together then the houses could have been better fit for each person housed there.” She explained and bit her lip.
“because if you think of it sorting would have possibly been designed better had the founders agreed on things” she paused, “and I feel like the houses are beneficial for the most part. However I feel like sorting isn’t always accurate as I can be brave but I can also be resourcefulness.” She explained and really hoped people would get it.
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See, This is why Professor G was awesome. She politely tells him he is wrong and does not yell at him for his totally insane answer. Dante knew it was wrong. But it did sound awesome. You have to respect that.
"I don't think they could have ever settled any differences. Those people were too set in their ways to do that. I am just relieved they settled on what they did and not something possibly worse.....whatever that is"
Dante did not know. But he did know everything could get worse.
His brother told him that and he believed him.
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The puff grinned and was glad he got the answer right. I mean he knew a little bit about the hufflepuff's history. It was only natural. Right moving on! He saw ALL the notes on the board and began to scribble. Some stuff he already knew but other info was interesting. Now onto question time. Thank merlin because his hand was cramping from all the note taking. He heard the question and it got him thinking. He copied down the questions on his notebook so he could think about them.
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How do you feel things would be different - for the better or for the worse - if they had just agreed on things in the first place? Do you think that there would still be separate houses within the school? And do you think that having separate houses is more or less beneficial than not?"
He tapped his quill and then once he came up with an idea, he raised his hand and contributed to the discussion.
"Professor I think there would be a sense of divide between the houses no matter if the founders worked it out or not and people do have strong traits for their house but they can also have other traits from other houses like Puck said." he said agreeing with the lion perfect. "But I think the founder who wanted separate houses was Salazar Slytherin because he wanted to try and have the purebloods in his house and continue his tradition." Those were his two ideas because he wanted other students to give a try.
"I think Salazar Slytherin standing by his argument is partly what made the house of Slytherin. His believes were a part of him and he was stubborn enough to stick through with them, and that's an important trait to have; tenacity." He wasn't a push over therefore he fought for what he wanted. Inspiring, that was.
"As for the houses, Hogwarts wouldn't be Hogwarts without them. There might only be four in where we can be sorted, but it helps us identify ourselves as well as integrate with people who we share things in common with." Imagine them all jumbled up. The horror.
Slytherins got on her nerves most of the times, but she didn't judge or lash out at them because she understood. It wouldn't be the same with any of the other houses. She'd probably end up hexing one or two a day.
Nessa leaned against her podium, nodding slowly as Angel wove an imaginative tale. ”That’s.. rather interesting, dear?” Or creative or something. ”Where did you get your information? Maybe after class..” They really didn’t have time for that now.
Once she felt that everyone had time to answer, Nessa waved her wand and transferred some of the most pertinent information on the board. "Great answers, everyone! These are some basic things we know about each of the Founders." She gave them all a few minutes to absorb and write things down if they needed to. "In the most basic sense, we know that these four people were the most skilled witches and wizards of their time, and they had a desire to create a structured magical education for young witches and wizards to learn what they felt was essential for a magical person. Though it was set up for any young person showing magical abilities before age 11 - and still is - there eventually was disagreeing among them that eventually drove them apart but not before leading them to split the school into houses."
"The four houses create a division of students while still being united within Hogwarts." It was an interesting system, she felt, with its own unique pros and cons. "Each house, as you likely know, reflects the traits that each of the founders valued most. While Hogwarts wouldn't turn away a student if they have magical ability, perhaps they would be more or less likely to be placed in a certain house." And that sometimes led to the stereotypes often associated with certain houses.
"So, let's start a discussion - The Founders set up their houses partially as an attempt to settle their differences. How do you feel things would be different - for the better or for the worse - if they had just agreed on things in the first place? Do you think that there would still be separate houses within the school? And do you think that having separate houses is more or less beneficial than not?" There were definite thoughts on either side and she'd like to hear what they thought before they moved on.
Angel looked at the Professor as she spoke to her. "I've been reading up on the ancient past and it was very interesting to say the least, after class I can give you some of the information on things." Angel said truthfully as she thought about life in the past.
Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "I think that we wouldn't have a secret chamber, because Slytherin wouldn't have needed to do anything in secret." Angel said truthfully.
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Dot was itching to jump into the conversation, and she wiggled around in her seat as her classmates spoke. When there was finally a lull, her hand shot up in the air and she wiggled fingers at the professor. Smiley professor who adored her, of course.
"Hogwarts isn't the only school with houses. So like even if they hadn't split us this way, they probably still would have to split students in some way... just for size and class schedules and Quidditch and stuff. But the way we're split now is bogus, Professor. It is. 'Cause it makes you feel like you're not good enough to be in your house because you don't see how you got sorted there. Or maybe you think you're not smart or brave because you didn't get sorted in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. We can be more than just one thing, y'know?" There. Dot had said her piece.
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Ooooh Glendower liked the story too? Did she have other stories like that they could learn about instead of all the boring stuff some time? How cool would that be!
Anyways people had a ton of opinions about this stuff, didn't they?
Ruby listened to her classmates and then stuck her own hand up. "I think people take house stuff too seriously. People have been sorting themselves and each other into groups since the beginning of time. Its natural and normal and I think the only problem comes when people try and fit too neatly into whatever little box they only mostly belong in. It sounds like some people here feel limited by their house. I don't." She tossed her hair slightly.
"They say that people get sorted into houses as much for the traits they do have as for the traits that they value. I don't think just because Slytherin isn't associated with certain traits that it at all means that I can't be those things if I want to be, and I don't measure myself by what traits I'm supposedly supposed to have and value as a Slytherin. If people want to underestimate me and pidgeon-hole me and think that I can't be something else just because of my house, that's their problem, and they can go ahead and do that while I get what I want, and look fabulous in green while doing it."
.... yeah so said the obvious Slytherin, basically.
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It was time to take down some notes. In her nice clean script Hady jotted down everything that appeared on the board at the front of the room and then some. Which was basically everything she thought was important from the mouths of her fellow classmates.
Houses or no houses Hogwarts students were family. She didn't think having the houses or not having them would change that at all but she did believe that having separate houses was a good thing. Everyone was different and therefore placing them into a house were they'd fit in best was always a good idea.
With her notes taken she set her quill down raising her hand into the air. "I think having the houses is a good thing. It places you others like yourself in most areas possibly making it easier to make friends. It also helps us see something in ourselves we might not have seen before. Though people may think differently of you for the house you're in before they get to really know you, some of us aren't anything like what our house stands for."
HINT. HINT. Her for example. She knew for sure she wasn't your average Slytherin and it didn't bother her in the least. And oh look...her best friend was a-a lion? Yup a lion the supposed rival house.
Agatha was really trying to listen to what her classmates were saying, but most of them really liked to ramble on and she had no patience for that. There were a few who deserved her attention, though, so she listened to the especific ones. Not that many, though.
"People never agree on everything, so we can't even imagine how things would've been if the four of them had." It just didn't happen, alright. "I think it's very good to have the house division because it helps us realise who is who without even knowing them beforehand." Yes, stereotyping, Agatha did that. "I mean, just knowing someone belongs to... a particular house" The Slytherin had to use all of her self-control to not shoot looks at certain Ravenclaws and Gryffindors. "already helps me know whether I'll get along with them or not. And that saves me a lot of time, which is always good."
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Oh, maybe she should have clarified on that part. "Yeah, I'm a muggleborn." Thank goodness they let them in or else Hogwarts would have missed out on an awesome Valentine, and she wasn't talking about her sisters.
Hmmmm.... she would need to put on her thinking cap for this one. One thing she knew for sure was that people were going to argue. That was just a way of life. Sure, people could get over it, but would all the founders ever hold hands and sip hot chocolate together? She doubted it. Her hand was raised. "I don't think it really would have mattered either way. I still think houses would have existed." It just made sense.
Which lead her to what she thought personally about the houses. "I wouldn't change anything about us being sorted into houses. It just works. The same thing could be said if you were playing a sport, we can't all be on the same team." Was she making her point?
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Nessa eyes shifted from Ægis to Zahra as he pointed at her, then back to him again. Yes, she nodded, sword and hat.. that had been mentioned. Then she tilted her head a bit and gave him a knowing smile. ”True Gryffindor.. why do you think he put that into place? And what makes one a true Gryffindor?” She was interested in his thoughts on the matter actually.. was it as cut and dried as it sounded or was there something more to it?
Once she felt that everyone had time to answer, Nessa waved her wand and transferred some of the most pertinent information on the board. "Great answers, everyone! These are some basic things we know about each of the Founders." She gave them all a few minutes to absorb and write things down if they needed to. "In the most basic sense, we know that these four people were the most skilled witches and wizards of their time, and they had a desire to create a structured magical education for young witches and wizards to learn what they felt was essential for a magical person. Though it was set up for any young person showing magical abilities before age 11 - and still is - there eventually was disagreeing among them that eventually drove them apart but not before leading them to split the school into houses."
"The four houses create a division of students while still being united within Hogwarts." It was an interesting system, she felt, with its own unique pros and cons. "Each house, as you likely know, reflects the traits that each of the founders valued most. While Hogwarts wouldn't turn away a student if they have magical ability, perhaps they would be more or less likely to be placed in a certain house." And that sometimes led to the stereotypes often associated with certain houses.
"So, let's start a discussion - The Founders set up their houses partially as an attempt to settle their differences. How do you feel things would be different - for the better or for the worse - if they had just agreed on things in the first place? Do you think that there would still be separate houses within the school? And do you think that having separate houses is more or less beneficial than not?" There were definite thoughts on either side and she'd like to hear what they thought before they moved on.
Why would Godric Gryffindor put that into place? Aegis had no true idea why? Nothing hurt with a little Creative guess. "Well, maybe he put that into place so that he could take it back should anyone ever take it from him." He was the Truest of Gryffindor's Obviously. "Sort of like an Anti-Theft System." Aegis nodded, that seemed like a great answer on his part. "What makes someone a True Gryffindor is displaying the Values that Godric deemed worthy to be one. Like I could do it because I value chivalry above all else, and I DARE anyone to test that." He crossed his arms now, and leaned a tad back into his chair. He looked around to each lady in the class. Totally chivalrous.
"I think that maybe, things would be different." Aegis said "Without Houses there would be no Fun here. Gobstones would just be one BIG club and there would be no competitive spirit for anyone to get any better. Same goes for Quidditch when that was a thing." Yeah, not that he cared about Quidditch. He'd be done with it and go right back to Quodpot.
Toby nodded at Glendower's response. Yep. Jeremy Gryffindor. Well, Tobias was pretty sure that the guy never existed, and the same belief went for basically everyone who attended that class, but he never wanted to suggest that French might have been wrong. You never know; Professor French might have known stuff that NOBODY ELSE knew. Maybe. It was a possibility? A... very slim possibility.
As other students gave answers and Glendower responded and added stuff to the board, Toby sat and twirled his quill and occasionally added things to his notes. Moving on though... yep yep yep, this was this stuff he'd been thinking about, which was handy. Y'know, staying on that same train of thought.
So, the questions. Once again, Toby took his time thinking, though that was more to do with the fact that his thoughts kept trailing off towards irrelevant things before he remembered exactly where he was and what he was supposed to be doing. Eventually, he raised his hand.
"I think... that we would have had houses, but they might have been based on different things. Muggle schools have houses, y'know, but not based on characteristics. Where you go is more random and luck than anything else. Maybe it'd have been more like that here." Toby lowered his hand, back to twirling that darn quill of his yet again, but continued speaking. "And I think that having houses is only less beneficial if you let it be like that, and if you think of them as splitting up the school. At the end of the day, it's just, like, a name. And a set of colours. A place to sleep. It's a way of putting like-minded people together, but nothing's stopping anyone from befriending people in different houses, right? You don't see rivalries now like they say used to happen; everyone knows they can be friends with each other these days and that that's good." Another pause. "You don't have to be defined by your house, but I guess a lot of people like knowing they have somewhere they belong, even if it's just at first."
That had been good for Toby, back when he'd been very new at Hogwarts and not known anyone at all or anything. Having his house had helped him find his place. Now, of course, most of Toby's friends did not belong to Hufflepuff, and branching out to all the other houses was like the best thing ever.
"At the end of the day, we all belong to the same school, right? I don't think we're really that divided at all, when it comes down to it." Hufflepuff answer was Hufflepuff.
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Well huh. Zander was properly stumped now. Quite properly. On one hand, he loved being a Gryffindor. But on the other... It did make people assume things automatically and that in itself... It was just... You know... Hard. It was like Professor Flamsteed said trying to fit a cube into a round peg.
And that's when he heard Agatha's answer. And he scoffed. Actually scoffed. Was Agatha approving the sterotypes?! What in Merlin's name even?!? Of course SHE would be the one to do that. Of course. It was always Agatha, wasn't it? "There isn't just one type of Gryffindor or one type of Slytherin or one type of any person for each house. So maybe we would all be better off without being grouped like that! It makes people try to tell you who you are when really, YOU are the only one who can say anything about who YOU are to begin with." And now Zander was angry. Uh, oops?
He was kind of eyeing Agatha and Zahra now. Oops. For different reasons, actually. Then, crossing his arms he turned back to Professor Glendower. He wasn't quite done yet... "Maybe being sorted like this limits us. Makes us feel like we can't possess what the other houses have without being seen as an outcast to our own house." He sorta had personal experience here. Was it obvious? "But at the end of the day, like Tobe--erm, like Toby said.. Our house shouldn't define us." He was really passionate about this, okay? "I think we should help define our house and what we want it to mean to us."
..... Did any of that make sense? Also.... It was a bit unlike him to get this frustrated... But... Personal reasons.... He just... Erm... Yeah. Uh. Sinking down into his chair now. YUP.
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Sigh. Dima loved her. Did she like apples? He'd much rather give HER one than Quigley.
As for the houses... huh. People were saying stuff about being divided and getting along and rivalry and self-discovery. Dima thought that was all swell and good, but he didn't really agree with much of it. Ravenclaw didn't make him feel smart; on the contrary, his housemates made him feel awfully dumb sometimes.
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This listening thing? It only kind of worked so long before everyone kinda took all the answers you had. At least that was what Tia decided about the first question, with what she knew about the founders. So she just scribbled notes instead and daydreamed a little too
Before long though, Professor Glendower was continuing with her spirited self as she summarized everything that had been said and even discussed more. How very brave; starting a discussion on houses. Once again, Tia listened first and one thing mentioned by that young Slytherin girl - Wojack - well Tia was pretty sure the one house she didn't mention was sort of the place where if you didn't fit into any house. Hadn't Helga Hufflepuff always had the attitude about taking the lot - about not wanting anyone left behind?
Deciding her opinion on the matter, Tia raised her hand. "Differences a part of being human, so there's no getting around that one, however, had the founders just simply agreed on everything then I think rivalry might be less - intensified. Salazar Slytherin never would have needed to build the Chamber of Secrets. Without the Chamber of Secrets, his heir, Voldemort never could have opened it twice because it wouldn't be there. Perhaps less muggles and muggleborns would have lost their lives." She paused, thinking what else the professor had asked, "However, I still think regardless of if an agreement had happened immediately or not, then they still would have sorted us they way they did because they each valued different attributes. And it is not really our blood status that sets us apart, but our beliefs and values. So I think the house system is beneficial because it puts us with like-minded individuals. And even though there are varying degrees of Slytherin or Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff or Gryffindor, in the end, those sorted into their respective houses have some values in common. You might not be the bravest Gryffindor, but you value bravery and you're will to try things for your friends. You might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but you have the desire to read and learn. So it's not who you are right now, necessarily, but its what you value. What you can do."
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So many words of wisdom that I am trying to be. It'll be in my own time.
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Interesting little plot twist in a story was a good way to put it and that was what Grayson was gonna make a note of in his notes. There were some other things going into this bunch of notes as well, stuff other people had said that he'd found interesting enough to note down to remember. Whether he was gonna remember this or not was another story but it was the thought that counted, mkay?
LOL. Lulz. This next bunch of questions brought about some interesting answers from people. And then there were some answers that only made Grayson scrunch up his face because what in the name of Merlin? Everyone getting along all happy days and there being no conflict ever. This sounded like something hippies would say.
MAN, where was Hippie Nigel these days? Dude would've loved having an input into this conversation.
Speaking of input, Grayson was gonna put forward his own. Soooo, the hand went UP in the air. "If there was no division, there would b no conflict and let's face it: that'd be so freaking boring. No one wants to be in a situation where we're all sitting in a circle and making daisy chains. A little conflict makes things interesting. Those arguments, the drama. History's full of it and that's GREAT." And he wasn't one to wear daisy chains. No thank you.
"Having separate houses means that we belong somewhere and are part of our own squad, even if we don't like everyone in the squad." Looks for you, Agatha. "When we're in houses, it creates a little bit of healthy competition and gives you an excuse to show some house pride every now and then. Belonging in random houses not based on common traits or having no houses just wouldn't have that kinda effect. So, I say it's beneficial to have these houses. Healthy, even."
Jeez, he was talking a lot, wasn't he? Wrap it up, Whitty, wrap it up.
"Besides, just because you're part of a certain house, who's to say that you have to stick with your own people in your own house?"
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