We should all listen to the sorting hat
I’m sure everyone has heard about the upcoming school event Class Wars, but just in case you haven’t, here’s a recap: The idea is for each class to host two contests; classes collect points by winning contests or by an individual students merit (e.g. winning an outside contest, turning in excellent work in class, etc.); the class that gets the most points wins a prize.
The idea, proposed by sophomore Isaac Chambers, is based off of the House Cup (basically the same idea, but divided into houses not classes) in the series “Harry Potter.” Chambers maintains that the event will help establish class unity. I say, Isaac, you should have done your homework a little better. Yes, in the “Harry Potter” series the houses are very unified, but it is the inter-house bad blood that causes so many problems within Hogwart’s thick stone walls. In fact, in the fifth book of the series, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the sorting hat (which sorts Hogwarts students into their houses) warns the school in its opening song that the houses should pull together and unify if they don’t want to fall to the series’ villain, Lord Voldemort.
I have to tell you, I’m scared. If the classes at Uni become even more hostile toward each other, there might be riots in the hallways (not to mention we could be more prone to Voldemort attacks). Sure, class unity is a good thing, but school unity would be even better. Maybe we could have a war against another school, we could have a street fight, or a dance-off. Or, if that’s a little too hard to organize, all the classes could just gang up on the subbies. They don’t count anyway, right (relax, I’m being sarcastic). If the school insists on continuing Class Wars, at least make defeating Lord Voldemort one of the challenges.
— Bethany Hutchens