HP A7

Q7:  Into which house would you be sorted?

First, let us contemplate the relevant part of the Sorting Hat's song from Harry Potter's very first year at Hogwarts:

...There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a steady mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends....

I think that Herself and I would, in fact, be sorted differently.

My delight in multisyllabic words; the pleasure I have always derived from new classes and fresh textbooks; and my quest for deeper meaning and greater knowledge would place me squarely into Ravenclaw. 

When Herself was young, she might have similarly been sorted into Ravenclaw.  She immersed herself in her books.  She wrote complex essays. She thrived on learning types of cells, parts of speech, geometric formulae. She challenged herself to sight-read music.  She thoroughly enjoyed the thrill of conquering a difficult math problem and the challenge of a tricky Latin or Greek translation.  Education was her sole focus.

She is different now.  While she still prizes knowledge extremely highly, she recognizes that her education is not, in fact, her greatest asset.  Her strengths lie elsewhere. 

Time and experience have granted her an enormous well of patience.  She works diligently and redoubles her efforts whenever things do not come easily to her.  Fairness is critical to her in all matters.  And those who have earned her loyalty will find her devotion to be unquestioning and lifelong. 

She is a Hufflepuff.