the Prank/Primary school (was: Higher Ed)

[Núria Obradors Pi]

No: HPFGUIDX 38587

Katherine said:

>>>>I must confess to taking a view akin to no reason. I believe that
Sirius was having a bad day and Snape asking about and likely
insulting Remus didn't do anything to help. So during they're third
class together, Sirius turns around and says, "Well, why don't you
find out for yourself, Snape?" and proceeds to give him directions
into the Willow.
But this, I feel, is not the most important part. The most important
part is that Sirius didn't go after Snape even after he'd had
sufficient time to cool down. <<<<

Here's my little bit of speculation. I'm not saying it *is* how it
happened, but it's a possibility to explaining Sirius' going a tad too
far: For whatever reason (bad day as you say, or
Misterious_Prank_Backgroun_Yet_To_Be_Unveiled), Sirius gets fed up and
tells Snape off and gives him directions, more or less accurate, more or
les conciously. He's told Snape off, he feels relieved. He doesn't even
recall exactly *how accurate* he was in directing Snape to the Willow.
And most important, he doesn't actually believe that boy whom he
considers a sort of stupid git will go into the whomping willow.
Probably he underestimated Snape's courage to actually go and take a
look.
What canon says  "Sirius thought it would be -er- amusing, to tell Snape
all he had to do was prod the knot on the tree-trunk with a long stick,
and he'd be able to get in after me" (PoA18, page 261 British ed.)
Questions arise...
a. Did Sirius think Snape would find so stupid the 'prod the knot' bit,
that he'd assume it was a joke and wouldn't try it?
b. Where was Sirius when James saved Snape? Could it be he was in the
shack with Werewolf!Lupin intending to eventually keep Snape apart from
Lupin? I'm not sure he was fully aware of Remus' dangerousness when
transformed - since being a dog he only knew the Tame!Werewolf side

Katherine:
>>>>But we're forgetting the last factor: Remus. Even if Sirius hated
Snape too much to go after him, why didn't he consider Remus? <<<<
This, IMHO would be the *childish* (though not so inocent) side of the
prank. Probably, he never thought Remus could get into trouble. Perhaps
the farther Sirius thought got was "well, if Snape gets killed or
something, it will be his problem only because *he* was the one who went
to encounter the werewolf".

Call me biased towards Sirius, if you like, but <blush>, what can say,
If he was Harry I'd be his Ginny -or worse his Creevey!

>>>>So, in conclusion, I have to agree with Penny. There is more to the
Prank that has been portrayed so far.<<<<
If I think objective, yes, join me to that club then.

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Aldrea wrote:
>>>>And this just makes me wonder...how do wizarding children learn to
read or write or any of those fundametals that we learn in school?
Do their mothers just home school them?  That's the only answer I can
come up with, unless they have a sort of primary school, and then
from there they can go to a wizarding school<<<<

I too agree this issue is one of the big mysteries in the Potterverse.
It doesn't seem likely that the purebloods go to muggle primary school,
or they'd *know* a little better about muggle world. Yet there is no
source, or even hint, in canon of a wizarding primary school. And even
when this leave Aldrea's theory as the more solid one, if all wizarding
children were educated like that, chances are that the cultural level
would be so uneven it just wouldn't be sustainable and in a couple of
generations 90 %  would be like Stan Shunpike of the Knight Bus. Maybe
someone familiar with in-home education can enlighten us? Perhaps
there's a schooling program in the WWN like something I once heard they
had in the Aussie Outback?
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Nuri

<<<OT warning>>>
Finally, in response to "Grey Wolf, who's looking forward to chatting
with Cat this Sunday, and
maybe having Nuria along so he can practise his Spanish", I'm sorry I
couldn't join  - I'll see if I can some of these days, but honestly, I
don't even know how longer am I going to have Internet at home due to
the $$$ situation. However, Grey wolf, if you want to practise your
Spanish, feel free to email me privately :-)

And do you know why do women feel compassionate
and understanding towards Lupin ? No? He's got the curse once a month!
<ducking to avoid tomatoes>