Timeline for Ravenclaw House - is it really a good place for eccentric people?
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| Sep 7, 2017 at 16:47 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | moved from User.Id=68762 by developer User.Id=1586 | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 3:37 | comment | added | Au101 | @DVK-in-exile emacs is a great operating system, lacking only a decent editor ;) (I actually use emacs cause it plays so nicely with unicode). Sorry, I just couldn't resist it | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 0:52 | comment | added | user68762 | Sure :) Having crazy debates is fine and we're all used to it. But if Cho and Marietta (and the ones who pranked Luna) are the typical claws, then they are nothing like the annoying, supercilious but brilliant 'gifted' students i know. their behaviour is completely different. They are more like boring 'normal' students. | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 0:44 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | @Neeshka - having been around "gifted" people, I can tell you they can be just as catty and a*(&*&(sh as anyone else. Hell, some are over totally ridiculous reasons. Try to ever venture into the middle of such meaningful wrathful debates as emacs vs. vi or god forbid Star Wars vs. Star Trek (or original Star Trek vs. reboots). | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 0:40 | comment | added | user68762 | ... in the past for being nerds 4. consider themselves above mundane stuff like bullying and name calling. But you might be right about the Hermione vs. Luna conflict that is scientific method vs superstition and conspiracy theories. On the other hand, one might argue that Hermione has an almost comic belief in the written word and is too afraid to divert from it and experiment, while Luna's mind is more flexible. | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 0:39 | comment | added | user68762 | Great answer. Just 2b clear, i'm not asking why the claws aren't more like nice puffs, excelling at teamwork. Claws are supposed to be competitive, antisocial (one scool for the gifted i know called by some 'a bunch of little sociopaths' :-) but the students (especially in a'gifted' class within a regular school) are more likely to look down on the 'regular' students than their 'own'. They won't mock even their most illustrious members, because they are 1.themselves feel diff from the avg 2. too immersed/busy with special programs/uni/hobbies to pay attention to others 3. were bullied/isolated | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 22:33 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | Just to be clear - it's an amazing and good question, and i hope this answer didn't come off as denigrading it, despite disagreeing with your conclusion. | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 22:31 | history | answered | DVK-on-Ahch-To | CC BY-SA 3.0 |