Evil Ron?

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 16208

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> > And I'd love to ring his little freckled throat for
> > making her
> > cry. This is definitely inappropriate behavior, but
> > I think it occurs 
> > because he doesn't consciously recognize his
> > attraction for
> > Hermione and has no idea how to vent his anger, not
> > because he just 
> > has a mean streak. This doesn't make his actions
> > better, of
> > course, but I think it makes them easier to
> > understand. 
> 
> He's also a 14 year old boy.  They pull your hair on
> the playground and call you names to show that they
> *like* you.  I'm amazed Ron has gotten along as well
> as he has with Hermione. ;)


Um... 14 year old boys actually do this?  At age 14?  Still?

Could just be me.  But that really sounds like behavior a kid 2-5 
years younger would exhibit.

Even my thirteen year old boys don't do this.  My fifth graders (ages 
10-11) would, but most of my girls would sock the crap out of them if 
they tried it.

--Ebony (who teaches at a K-8 school, grades 5-8, and does A LOT of 
observation)