Is Snape unfair with House Points? (WAS Re: Teacher Ratings (Was: Why I hate Hag

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall" <thomasmwall at y...> 
wrote:

> There is absolutely zero canon to support the notion that Snape is 
> unfair with House Points.

PoA, chapter 9:

'Which of you can tell me how we distinguish between the werewolf and 
the true wolf?' sais Snape.

Everyone sat in motionless silence; everyone except Hermione, whose 
hand, as it so often did, had shot straight into the air.

'Anyone?' Snape said, ignoring Hermione.

<snip>

'Please, sir,' said Hermione, whose hand was still in the air, 'the 
werewolf differs from the true wolf in several small ways. The snout 
of the werewolf -'

'That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,' 
said Snape cooly.  'Five more points from Gryffindor for being an 
insufferable know-it-all.'

Bill