Appeals App.

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Name: Laura
Age: 20
House you were sorted into: Hufflepuff
Link to original application:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/platform_934/134493.html

Are there any questions you would like to elaborate on?
I feel that, given the chance I could re-write the entire application (explained why in the following question). But here are a few:

If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
I'd change the way that humans believe they are the rulers and gods of this world. I think our arrogance will also be our downfall. If disasters (eg. Tsunami) have taught us anything, it's that we cannot control this world, that we have no power over the earth. I always think that we are just renting the earth, and one day we'll all leave it...but you gotta take good care of things that don't belong to you. We don't seem to be doing that, in fact, we mistreat mostly everything on this earth. From animals, to plants, to each other and to the earth itself.

What is the one thing you would most like to accomplish?
I'd like to accomplish anything that when I die, people will look back and say "she was great". I don't know what that could be, I seem to lack a sense of direction right now regarding what I want to do with my life. Maybe if I just changed toilet rolls so they don't rip to pieces when you try to get that first bit off...

What makes a person respectable?
I was once reading an interview with one of my favourite footballers (soccer players) and he was speaking about a very bad knee injury that nearly cost him his whole career. And he said (re. the injury) "I didn't think 'why me?" I thought, 'what now?" That always stuck with me. I think this "never say die" attitude is something I admire above all else. People who don't just slump on the floor when things don't go there way and say "I give up". Never give up, never say die. I suppose that'd be what I respect more than anything.

What do you want to do for a living?
I had to give up my dream of becoming a vet nurse for two reasons. Firstly, I couldn't afford it. Secondly, I would not be able to take the emotional strain. I love animals, yes. But I couldn't see myself being able to take having to put any to sleep.

So, now I want to be a web designer. I want to learn all I can and am half way through a Flash MX animation course which I really enjoy. I also want to move on to try doing magazine layouts, which looks pretty nifty!

Explain why you feel misplaced in your current House!
I believe that I do not have many of the traits a Hufflepuff has. I am loyal, but I think that might be the end of it. I'm definitely not a patient person and i've never done a hard days work in my life! Haha. No, but it's true. I'd never call myself hard-working and neither would anyone who knows me.

I feel like my whole application I wrote was based around one thing (animals) because it was wrote at a time when I was particularly vulnerable about animals being mistreated, and I think ultimately that was everyones reason for putting me in Hufflepuff. I feel that, looking back, I could have elaborated on so SO many more things so it was less one-sided. I've re-read my application so many times before deciding to apply to change houses, and I do truly believe that the real me was not seen in this application. Well, the real me was, but only a few traits of the real me.

I'm not exactly the most nicest person in the world, either. Which I think came out in the application, again, because of the animal thing. True, I love animals with a passion. When someone who voted on my app said: "You seem like such an amazingly good person. I am in awe." That really made me want to change the whole application. I think I can be a very nice person, yes. But I also have this horribly selfish side to me. The niceness only comes out for animals! Haha. But really, I can't see myself as a wonderful nice person, I can't pretend I am at all. I feel like i've somehow pulled the wool over everyones eyes!

What would you see in the Mirror of Erised? Be exact with your descriptions!
Hm, this is quite personal, actually. I feel a little strange answering this to people I don't know. I'd probably see myself with someone i've looked at from afar for over 3 years, if you get my drift. There are so many things I might see, but this one sticks out. The first time I read this I thought about what I would see and I gave the same answer then, too.

What makes you unique?
Ever since I sent my application to appeals a few weeks ago i've thought about this question and i'm still no further to giving you an answer than I was then. I have absolutely no idea what makes me unique. I guess, knowing that I must give an answer, I have a good sense of humour. I'm one of these people that is really, really easy to make laugh. I guess that would be it. I apologize for the crappy answer, but I just can't think of anything!