[HPforGrownups] Let's hear it for good old Snapey!

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 87874

Devin asked:
>defenseless proto-James).  And what short of hate (or at least mild
>loathing) would prompt a man to embarass an 11-year-old by asking him
>questions he can't possibly know the answers to in one of his first
>classes ever?  I'm sorry, I can't possibly ever think of that as the

Just a minor point, I'm sure, but _Hermione_ knew the answers to the
questions, because she'd done the reading.

So there's no absolute reason why Harry couldn't have known them.

Snape was certainly setting out to be nasty, but also making the point that
it's not just talent that's important, it's learning too (a good message for
any novice wizard, in my opinion!)

Cheers

Ffred

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