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

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No: HPFGUIDX 56773

Tom:
I have had many teachers who start out the year this way. And 
usually, they start with the kid that everyone thinks is the best in 
the class. This gives people confidence that no one's better than 
anyone else.....
Now, granted, we know that Harry is actually very concerned about how 
little he knows, and that he's afraid that he'll be the worst student 
in his year. *We* know that. But the other students (except for Ron) 
don't. And the teachers don't, either.


Me:

Ok.. I'm going to assume something here, which I know is a dangerous 
thing here especially at 3am. I don't think what you stated is really 
the case. Everyone knows the story about "The Boy Who Lived" and that 
night w/ Voldemort unless you'd been living under a rock (or Azkaban) 
for the last 12 years. Mr. Ollivander says he wondered when he'd be 
seeing Harry plus you've got to take into consideration the reaction 
of everyone in the L.C. It seems to me, everyone *pretty much* knew 
he was out of the WW while he was growing up. McGonagall and 
Dumbleydore especially because they were there the night Harry was 
brought to the Dursleys. After living in the muggle world, I don't 
feel anyone would *expect* him to know much except for whatever 
natural things he'd done on his own (the examples given in SS). Of 
course Harry is going to be concerned going to a new & different type 
of school. Weren't we all when we made that change from Jr High to 
High School for example? I'd be willing to bet at the very least the 
teachers would be aware of how little "formal magic" he knows because 
of McG & DD knowing the *exact* story. I'm also pretty sure Harry's 
abilities weren't really going through the other students minds. I'm 
sure everyone was doubting themselves. Well, at least those who came 
from Muggle families and had no *clue* what to expect. Just a 
thought.. probably an incomplete thought considering the time.

Sen
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