Slug Club: Discussion [TERM XIII-VI]

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Activity: Slug Club Discussion: Criteria for Slug Club Good or Bad?
Points: Long debate: Participation 10pts, Additional comment: 2pts
Deadline: Saturday, April 11 @ 11:59 PM EST.

Details: We all know how Slughorn chooses the members of his club. Now we face an interesting dilemma: some people think this is terribly selective. Some people think this is a good thing. This is not a debate. This is a discussion on what everyone thinks about Slughorn's criteria, and if there is anything you would personally do differently while keeping the ultimate goals of giving the Slug Clubbers' decent job prospects intact.




CLUB LEADER NOTE: Since I feel it needs to be said in light of some of the bollocks going on in other posts, if you cannot discuss something without getting your feelings hurt, this is probably NOT the activity for you. That said, do not personally attack anyone else for their opinions. We all have them, we are all entitled to them. I'll be watching the post and making sure things don't get out of hand.

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Comments

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Perhaps it's just been too long since I've read the book, but was Slughorn even aware of the fact that they called it the 'Slug Club'? Slughorn seems to me someone who likes to be amused, likes status, and this is simply the functional workings of what can be referred to as the 'Good Ol' Boys Club' (though absent and gender or racial overtones). Like salons, back in the day. Those beneath a certain status (innate connection, like Ginny) were permitted in because they were amusing, or popular, or something interesting.

I think many of us are rather the same in how we pick our own circles of friends: we look for someone who fits in. Which criteria we use often varies from person to person.

And I'd have joined. Social networks are v.handy things.

Lara||Slytherin