Anti-HP and Re: Bad Behavior, Fairness, Snape and the Dursleys

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 1465

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:

> the Dursleys, who live in a middle class suburban area, send their
> nephew to school in broken glasses and clothes that dont fit.  All
> the kids in Harrys primary school were so afraid of Dursley that
> they wouldnt even talk to Harry.  Is it likely that this would go
> unnoticed for so many years by all the teachers and administrators 
> in a typical middle class school?  Probably not.  

I say, probably yes. I am prejudiced on the subject because I went to 
a (public) primary school in a very properous, upper-middle-class, 
white suburb, where all the other children hated me and beat up on 
me, and the teachers couldn't think of anything to do about it/me 
except to give me various mild punishments (such as standing in the 
corner) for my offenses such as daydreaming during class and reading 
when I was supposed to be playing with the other kids during recess. 

> Of course it is not likely that a teacher, just about anywhere 
> these days, could get away with treating students as bad as Snape 
> does.  

See above.

> I think part of what JKR is trying to teach us is to always 
> QUESTION AUTHORITY, QUESTION OUR ASSUMPTIONS, and always be 
> vigilant about SEEKING THE TRUTH.

Some people on some of these HP lists have posted a few anti-HP 
Letters to the Editor which specifically stated that one of the 
reasons HP should be banned is that it teaches chilldren to question 
authority.