Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[Nicole]

No: HPFGUIDX 87683

Alla said:

See, to me Harry always be the wronged one and innocent one in their 
relationship and whatever mistakes he made are nothing in comparison 
to emotional abuse Snape put him through and continues put him 
through.

I think Daniel Radcliffe addressed this the best. On 
danradcliffe.com they asked him 100 questions and one was 
particularly relevant to this conversation.:Dan, if you could write 
yourself two letters and send one to yourself five years ago and one 
to yourself five years from now, what would you say?  
  
 DR:The letter I would write to myself 5 years ago, when I was nine, 
would be concerning a teacher in my school who was horrible to me at 
that time.  I would tell myself to ignore him, don't rise to his 
petty comments and to have more confidence in myself, even though 
this teacher is trying to drain me of it. 

I think he makes an excellent point that his alter ego would have 
benefitted from heeding.

Yes Snape had instant dislike for Harry the moment he set foot in 
his classroom. 
My question here is: Was Dumbledore the only one besides Hagrid and 
McGonagall that knew how awful the Dursleys were? Harry was the 
farthest thing from spoiled and didn't even know how much of 
a "celebrity" he was.

Harry tried to contain his dislike but he kept seeing evidence that 
Snape was the villain in SS. I.E. jinxing his broom.
My comment here: Sure the point is made by Hagrid in the book that 
it would take a bit of dark magic a student couldn't perform to 
create such a wild ride for Harry.....Hermione anyone (not saying 
she is a dark witch but is advanced for her age) Even if Snape was 
not aware that Quirrell was the one doing it....as a teacher it is 
his job to protect the students whether it be Draco or Harry, and 
regardless of the fact that he detests one of them.

I went to Public School in the U.S. and I can tell you that I had 
quite a few teachers that Snape reminds me of. When I first started 
in 7th grade I had a particularly nasty teacher who was the female 
version of Snape. Let's just say she goaded me and I ended up going 
home everyday with bloody knuckles from her ruler (forgot to mention 
that corporal punishment was still allowed, and she had come from 
teaching at a Catholic school, and she was a Nun.). For the nest two 
years I learned to ignore her attempts to spur me on. I was so happy 
when I went to High School because I would never have to see her 
again. Well lo and behold she took a job at my high school as the AP 
English teacher. When I was a Senior I went to her and asked her 
what made her dislike me so, it turned out she had taught my cousin 
Sherry (who I resemble quite a bit)and Sherry had done cruel things 
to her when she taught at the Catholic High School. We buried the 
hatchett and she apoligized for treating me so unfairly, and I 
apoligized for rising to the many occasions.

The point here: I didn't lose face in confronting her, she was able 
to gracefully apologize, and she became one of my favorite teachers. 
I think it came with the maturity I had obtained by the time I 
turned 17. Wow what a coincidence.....if I was a witch I would have 
been of legal age at that time :)


-Nicole
Who is sorry if she rambled on for a long time, or offended any of 
the people who have seemed to get a little heated in this 
conversation. 
p.s. I like Snape and Harry for different reasons :)