The Hufflepuff Post, fanfiction newsletter

No matter how hard you try to be nice and helpful to everyone around you, there are some individuals who go out of their way to cause trouble. The Hufflepuff Post has compiled a list of ways to handle tense situations.

1. Do ten to fifteen minutes of stretches every morning before breakfast- you’ll be prepared to run away from any conflict that arises! Staying in shape is all a part of hard work, so you should be good at this. Take a run around the Quidditch field daily, or jog on your way to Herbology.
2. Be aware of the traffic patterns in the corridors between classes. It’s also good to be aware of secret passageways and shortcuts, but only if they’re teacher-approved. (You wouldn’t want to get in trouble!) This not only allows you to get to every class on time, avoiding trouble with your teachers, it makes it easy to avoid any student for as long as humanly possible. You can't fight if you never see them!
3. Be prepared to apologize- even if the other person is in the wrong. Hufflepuffs are almost never involved in physical altercations because we know how to be the bigger person.
4. Kill them with kindness. Or, as we at The Hufflepuff Post like to say, cuddle them with kindness- killing is wrong. When the Slytherin in your potions class knocks over your jar of beetle eyes and demands that you help them juice their seed pods, think of it as an opportunity to make a new friend. People are often so thrown off guard by a positive reaction that it makes them want to be a better person.