polite kids (was: Snape's greasy hair)

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 76930

 
Don't forget, Buttercup and June, that many of the Hogwarts kids are 
from all-wizarding families.  The wizarding world is in many ways 
stuck in the middle ages. Language and technology (Hagrid's crossbow) 
are two examples.  Perhaps this includes manners as well?  
  And as for the kids who don't come from the WW, well, they start 
Hogwarts at a very young age, 11, too soon for the teenage rebellion 
thing.  Then they are at school for ten months of every year with the 
polite WW kids, soaking up that atmosphere.  Also, a lot of the 
things regular teens have to be angry about simply aren't present at 
Hogwarts.  No parents to be angry at, the teachers don't try to 
interfere in their private lives, and they actually LIKE going to 
school and learning magic (who wouldn't!)  so not too much 
complaining that subjects are irrelevant and they're never going to 
use this stuff in "real life" anyway.  What's to be angry about?

Erin


> Buttercup wrote:

> >  Mind you, the Hogwarts kids are a model of
> >  politeness compared the 
> >  real youth of today.

June wrote: 

 > Unbelievably polite.  Mind you if JKR had wanted to go for gritty 
> realism, the book would have been so full of **** and $@*#'s! that 
> it would have been pretty nigh incomprehensible and it certainly 
> wouldn't be sold to children.
> 
> I don't count that against the books - if I want gritty realism and 
> lots of profanities I'll go out and read the likes of Irvine Welsh. 
> I certainly wouldn't want my daughter reading something like that 
> either.