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Lezleighd
She hoped she wasn't overwhelming them with information but she knew there was just so much stuff that the students knew about Hogwarts but they just never really thought about deeply, "Now I want you to think about the motto of Hogwarts: 'Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus' or Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon or sometimes it's translated Always let a sleeping dragon lie." she let that sink in for a moment and then continued, "Now think about the different houses and the success of the school because of the four houses working together. What do you think the Founders meant by choosing such a random motto?"
'Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.'[/COLOR]
OOC: I'm going to leave you with the motto question for the night to let others get caught up. I'll post the next set of questions in a few hours. Thanks everyone! Remember the rules and remember that Gemma is still here watching you. Make sure your raise your hand and keep chatting to a minimum.
Melina raised her hand, after taking one long delicious drink of blueberry Muggle Kool-Aid.
I love Kool-Aid, she sighed to herself.
"Yes. I'm Melina Morninglory, Ravenclaw. I believe that the motto likens a dragon to our minds. If we leave them empty and full of fluff, they are like a sleeping dragon. When we fill them full of knowledge, we become powerful like a dragon who's been awakened by the tickling of knowledge. On the other hand, it could also mean that if our minds- the dragon- were awakened while still asleep- that is, without knowledge- we could become dangerous, like the fire that would come from the dragon being tickled."
There. This is why she loooooved being a Ravenclaw.