Neville Longbottom

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No: HPFGUIDX 22990

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., koinonia02 at y... wrote:
  They are at Hogwarts 
> to learn a variety of things.  How many schools teach DADA?  It's a 
> different world.  You better learn how to be tough.  Voldy is out 
> there and Snape is going to teach them how to deal with that whether 
> they like it or not.>

True - Hogwarts is not your every day public school. I still wonder 
why the students have to learn to be tough there, as opposed to home.  
And  why is it the job of their teachers to teach them?  Shouldn't 
Neville's family be teaching him about behaviors, self respect and 
being tough?  As a teacher, I don't pick on the kids I see as weak or 
needing toughening up (even though most of my students could better 
teach me about that).  If I was a (witch) parent, I'd be livid to hear 
of a teacher like Snape treating my son like dirt.  

I like your point about the DADA class, but its focus is still 
academic.  Well, it's supposed to be academic, but based on some of 
the professors, you might not know it *coughLockhartcough*.

--jenny from ravenclaw*****************************************