8/6/2019 Squibs in Our Society

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Theres room for everyone in the wizarding world: why should squibs be

accepted into the wizard society.

By Sophie Moore

In the old days, muggleborns used to be considered freaks, someone

wrong, and were ridiculed, and suffered a lot of prejudice. But, our

grandparents overcame that, and proved that muggleborns can be just as

good wizards as purebloods and half-bloods. But, even though now a

days, muggleborns dont suffer as much prejudice as they used to,

there are still some very traditional, and close minded families who

still think that purebloods are the only real wizards.

But, theres another kind of people who still suffer from prejudice,

even from muggleborn wizards, the squibs. They are the child born of

magical parents but having no ability. Still today, squibs are outcasted bysociety and ridiculed by them. Are they any less important, just because they

dont have magic? They certainly arent, and squibs should receive the same

kind of treatment that as any other wizard in the wizarding world. Just

because they dont have the ability to use magic, it doesnt mean they dont

have feelings, and just want to fit in the society.

The custom with Squibs has been to send them to Muggle schools and encourage

them to integrate into the Muggle world, which is "much kinder" than keeping

them in the wizarding world, where they will always be "second-class". In

contrast to most of the wizarding world's acceptance and even respect for

Muggles and Muggle-born wizards, it is often considered embarrassing to have

a Squib in the family. But, why should a squib be confined to the muggleworld, just because of their lack of magic? Its understandable that all the

families want is for the squib to not feel so excluded from the others, but

theyre just as bad, because theyre embarrassed of their own child. There

should be a school exclusively for squibs, because if they learn how to live

in the wizarding world, maybe they could be helpful to the society, instead

of just being outcasted. Maybe, it could be created a pre-school for wizards,

and squibs could teach the young wizards, because young wizards dont have

any magic, just like squibs.

So, even though there isnt any special school for squibs yet, the society

shouldnt exclude the squibs from the rest of the wizarding world, and they

should be accepted for who they are, because its not their fault that theywere born the way they are. Just because they dont have ability, theyre

just like the muggleborns, except for the magic, and if society managed to

accept muggleborns, it means that is completely possible for the people to

overcome the prejudice of squibs, and welcome them on the wizarding world,

just like the rest of the wizards.