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

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No: HPFGUIDX 56433

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa" 
<william.truderung at s...> wrote:
> --- 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


I'd have taken ten....
I know...one liner. Howler on the way...

Mel