Draco's Density, ships, judgment and teaching...

[~J. Wolf~]

No: HPFGUIDX 38023

Hey all,

>    From: "pippin_999" <foxmoth at qnet.com>
>
> Perhaps Draco believes, as Hagrid seems to, that the Potters
> might have been spared if they had been willing to go over to
> Voldemort's side.

I woulnd't call Draco dense, really. Just casually ignorant.  He seems able to project a stanse of not knowing not caring, but I think he knows excatly what is going on. That, however, may be giving Draco entirely too much credit.

>    From: Susanne <siskiou at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: Some SHIP comments
>
> I'm not set on any ships and had my doubts about Hermione
> liking Ron, but one little scene at the end of GoF made me
> see the possibility of Hermione returning Ron's feelings.

I'm sure SOMETHING will happen, either between Harry and Ginny, Harry/Cho or Ron and Hermione.  They're all getting old enough now to date, etc, and bonds have been built with strong emotions.  It would only be natural for Ron and Hermione to gravitate towards each other.

>    From: "ritadear2" <ritadarling at ivillage.com>
>
> I noticed a similar thing in PoA, when Snape was yelling at Harry
> for his head being seen at Hogsmeade.  Everything Snape said
> was true, that folks were going out of their way to protect him, yet
> he is so arrogant that he risks going there anyway.  When Snape
> said it to him, he reacted defensively with anger, but then when
> Lupin said basically the same thing to him (in a different way), he
> was receptive to it and even felt guilty.   Snape just isn't willing to
> coddle Harry and his ego when pointing out his bad judgement.
>
> Rita

I don't know if it's arogance, or bad judgement.  I think it is simply a matter of Harry being a kid.  I mean, when you grow up in Harry's environment, there isn't a lot of time to act childish, like everyone should now and again to release tension.

>    From: "GulPlum" <plumeski at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Continuing Education: A Wizarding Option?
>
> I don't see any implication that McGonnagal went into teaching as a
> career to the exclusion of anything else - after all, although she'd
> have been the right age, she would have been there in Riddle's time...

I like to think that there's more to McGonnagal then meets the eye. What made her such a hard woman? What happened betwee attending Hogwarts, and teaching at Hogwarts? Know what I mean? We know virtually nothing about any of the teachers (which makes sense, really) so McGonnagal's reason for teaching
could be anyones guess.

> Considering the almost-medieval attitudes prevalent at Hogwarts, I
> would expect all teachers to have learnt their stuff from "the
> university of life", either as Aurors (Moody), "adventurers"
> (Lockhart), or looking after the grounds and beast at Hogwarts
> (Hagrid). After completing their education, some would have gone on
> to be apprentices in a chosen field, and some would have chosen to
> come back to teach the next generation.

Perhaps a lot of their status as Witches and Wisards has to do with life experience? There has been no mention of a university of any kind, just Hogwarts, and then you go do your thing. I find it a bit odd that there isn't a Wisarding univeristy (they have universities and colleges in Britan right?) but
then again, I'm not the author. :) But I wonder what their rules and regulations are for teachers at Hogwarts....seeing as every wisard and witch has been a student there, or some other school.


That's all for now, folks!!

Cheers,
Jamieson


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