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Originally Posted by
Zellanna
"Back in my days of being a student, actually, Slytherin house was rather interesting.There was a sort mentoring system in place. When I entered as a first year, I was assigned under a 4th year who would guide me through my first few years at Hogwarts. This fourth year student had quite a few under him, actually.
"Now, this fourth year was still under a mentor who was a 7th year by now, but didn't need much mentoring any longer. These mentors were chosen by the 7th years at the best in their groups, just in order to mentor first years. And of course, I was told that if I did well enough, I would also be mentoring first years when I was in my fourth year."
He looked among the group, seeking their reactions. "So, what do you think the benefit of this would be?"
Xana was charmed at the prospect. "Well, speaking as someone who came in during intermission, so to speak, I think that it would be brilliant for *any* new student! It's excessively difficult... " she glanced at Cassandra fleetingly, then returned her eyes to the professor, "to find your way at this school if you're unfamiliar with the way things work here, and in our house at least I've personally found that there is a very strong clique system in place, making it... challenging... to acclimate at times. I think a mentoring system would have really helped to resolve those issues."