Community Service
How active are you in HOL?
At the moment I am taking five classes throughout the fall term of this year, and I occasionally participate in all types of activities in common rooms and the forum, whenever I can. If I see any new challenges in the Art Department or Library, I'll try to join in the fun as well. I also have two Mimbulus Mimbletonia plots in the greenhouse, if that counts.
How are you currently helping your House succeed?
I am currently earning points the best I can by taking a maximum of five classes, and ensuring that I complete all my homework on time. I also try my best to participate in various activities that provide an opportunity to fill the Gryffindor hourglass with more rubies!
Outside of your House, what have you done, and/or are currently doing to help HOL succeed?
Although I'm not taking any positions in HOL right now because I am unable to commit to being regularly active just yet, my main goal right now is to be a part of the community that keeps HOL alive and thriving, so I join in and participate in as many things as possible. I also help out in any way I can if a lost firstie happens to ask for my assistance, which has happened a few times. Last but not least I always let people around me know about HOL, so that fellow Potterheads can join in the fun too!
What are your plans to help both your House and HOL in the future?
I definitely plan on taking up some positions in the future, whether by representing my house or HOL itself. Perhaps resume a Prefect position? I don't know, we'll see if I get the chance to do that. I would also love to be a class assistant or teach a class myself, and help organise some activities. Oh and of course, I do want to be a part of the quidditch team one day!
What is one way you think HOL could improve?
I think it's quite a pity that there are many HOLers that are currently inactive, and I think it would be great if there could be some way of reminding them to come back, but to be really honest I'm not sure how it could work, because it seems that those who want to stay will stay. Other than that... can we get the #100 Wizard Card?
Are there parts of HOL that you have no interest in? Why?
Honestly, no. However I have to admit that I have rarely visited the chat room or play HOL quidditch because I'm still confused about the way it works and yes, I know there are guidelines and all I just haven't gotten down to figuring it out yet. Will do, will do.
Platform: Describe an issue that you care about that you would like to promote after the contest.
In my humble opinion, among the few issues that are pertinent to HOL, cyber-bullying and internet safety definitely happen all the time on the Internet, but perhaps because of the community that we have here, or the rules and regulations concerned (whereby we are not allowed to share very personal information such as our full names and addresses), I personally don't think that we face much of this issue in HOL itself. So, let's talk about plagiarism instead. Quoting Wikipedia, "Plagiarism is the wrongful appropriation and purloining and publication of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work." I think that plagiarism applies to HOL because we as a community here create different types of content, whether in classes or activities in the forum, and seeing that the internet is a network of information, sometimes plagiarism may have been passed undetected. We all know that plagiarism is a serious offence when it comes to academic papers and research, but when it comes to content on the internet such as written works (articles, poems) or artwork and illustrations, sometimes it is harder to discover. I have seen many occasions of writers' and artists' work simply being copied and pasted/reposted somewhere else without any credits to the original creator, and I understand how much it hurts them, because I am a creator too, and you can imagine how would you feel if someone simply stole what you did and claimed it as their effort? Of course, not all sources are copyrighted, and there are creative works in the public domain that can be used by anyone without permission. Hence I would like to urge people to please, respect the original authors or artists for their work, never claim anything that isn't yours yours, and give them credit by citing your sources (and asking for permission to use their work if you can).
At the moment I am taking five classes throughout the fall term of this year, and I occasionally participate in all types of activities in common rooms and the forum, whenever I can. If I see any new challenges in the Art Department or Library, I'll try to join in the fun as well. I also have two Mimbulus Mimbletonia plots in the greenhouse, if that counts.
How are you currently helping your House succeed?
I am currently earning points the best I can by taking a maximum of five classes, and ensuring that I complete all my homework on time. I also try my best to participate in various activities that provide an opportunity to fill the Gryffindor hourglass with more rubies!
Outside of your House, what have you done, and/or are currently doing to help HOL succeed?
Although I'm not taking any positions in HOL right now because I am unable to commit to being regularly active just yet, my main goal right now is to be a part of the community that keeps HOL alive and thriving, so I join in and participate in as many things as possible. I also help out in any way I can if a lost firstie happens to ask for my assistance, which has happened a few times. Last but not least I always let people around me know about HOL, so that fellow Potterheads can join in the fun too!
What are your plans to help both your House and HOL in the future?
I definitely plan on taking up some positions in the future, whether by representing my house or HOL itself. Perhaps resume a Prefect position? I don't know, we'll see if I get the chance to do that. I would also love to be a class assistant or teach a class myself, and help organise some activities. Oh and of course, I do want to be a part of the quidditch team one day!
What is one way you think HOL could improve?
I think it's quite a pity that there are many HOLers that are currently inactive, and I think it would be great if there could be some way of reminding them to come back, but to be really honest I'm not sure how it could work, because it seems that those who want to stay will stay. Other than that... can we get the #100 Wizard Card?
Are there parts of HOL that you have no interest in? Why?
Honestly, no. However I have to admit that I have rarely visited the chat room or play HOL quidditch because I'm still confused about the way it works and yes, I know there are guidelines and all I just haven't gotten down to figuring it out yet. Will do, will do.
Platform: Describe an issue that you care about that you would like to promote after the contest.
In my humble opinion, among the few issues that are pertinent to HOL, cyber-bullying and internet safety definitely happen all the time on the Internet, but perhaps because of the community that we have here, or the rules and regulations concerned (whereby we are not allowed to share very personal information such as our full names and addresses), I personally don't think that we face much of this issue in HOL itself. So, let's talk about plagiarism instead. Quoting Wikipedia, "Plagiarism is the wrongful appropriation and purloining and publication of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work." I think that plagiarism applies to HOL because we as a community here create different types of content, whether in classes or activities in the forum, and seeing that the internet is a network of information, sometimes plagiarism may have been passed undetected. We all know that plagiarism is a serious offence when it comes to academic papers and research, but when it comes to content on the internet such as written works (articles, poems) or artwork and illustrations, sometimes it is harder to discover. I have seen many occasions of writers' and artists' work simply being copied and pasted/reposted somewhere else without any credits to the original creator, and I understand how much it hurts them, because I am a creator too, and you can imagine how would you feel if someone simply stole what you did and claimed it as their effort? Of course, not all sources are copyrighted, and there are creative works in the public domain that can be used by anyone without permission. Hence I would like to urge people to please, respect the original authors or artists for their work, never claim anything that isn't yours yours, and give them credit by citing your sources (and asking for permission to use their work if you can).