[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's greasy hair

[Buttercup]

No: HPFGUIDX 76780

June wrote: I remember us (me and my schoolmates)
being utterly
> scathing about 
> any shortcomings teachers had.  A friend of mine a
> few years ago, 
> was training as a mature student to be a teacher. 
> He went on his 
> first teaching practice and after a week of teaching
> a bunch of 15 
> year old boys he thought he was doing ok.  Then he
> overhears them 
> imitating the way he talked - he had no idea that he
> kept 
> saying "Don't be cheeky" all the time - but
> apparently he did.
> 
> Kids of that age are cruelly observant and don't
> miss a trick - nor 
> will they possibly not pick up an available stick to
> beat the 
> teacher with - especially if they dislike them.  The
> kids at 
> Hogwarts dislike Snape intensely - that's a given
> and yet not a word 
> about body odour - I don't think it can be there to
> be commented on 
> is all.  
> 
> Mind you, the Hogwarts kids are a model of
> politeness compared the 
> real youth of today.

Buttercup:

Yes, with today's youth, I've often felt bad for
teachers or any adult out numbered by kid's at that
age. Kid's can be very cruel, especially when their in
groups. You just see the expression in their eyes and
know they're thinking horrible thoughts about you and
voicing them to their friends. 

Are Hogwart students typical British kids as far as
manners go? Because I know they're a lot more polite
than American kids. 

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Buttercup

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