[HPforGrownups] Re: Teachers and fairness (WAS Is Snape unfair with House...

[Gina Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 56783

Sunnylove0 at aol.com wrote:
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In a world with Dark Lords, Killing Curses, Dementors, werewolves, vampires, 
Azkaban with no trial, basilisks, acromantulas, dragons, veelas, etc., I'm of 
the opinion that a nasty teacher like Snape is simply a beginner's lesson in 
dealing with adversity and that not everyone, and especially not the 
aforementioned are going to "be nice" just because you come from a nice 
family, are an A student, or happen to be the Boy Who Lived.

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 but if the Trio is going to be involved in the 
next Voldemort War, they better have a better response than instant 
instinctive attack(Ron and to a lesser extent, Harry) or covering their faces 
and bursting into tears(Hermione).

IMHO, if the Trio is to conquer Voldemort they must learn to deal with Snape. 
And Dumbledore knows it.

Throw rocks if you want, but to quote bboy-mn, that's my story and I'm 
sticking to it.

The Queen of Serpents

ME:

I couldn't agree more.  And JKR has herself said in interviews, on this question, that Dumbledore believes in teaching all kinds of lessons.  Snape repeatedly tries to get the kids to control their impulses, mind their safety and the efforts others put into place to mind their safety, etc.

 

Also, on the subject of Harry, from other posts.  I'm not so sure I agree that everyone knows Harry grew up in a muggle family with no exposure to the wizarding world.  Hagrid was astonished that Harry didn't know his own story.  Didn't know he was a wizard.  Didn't know how his parents died, and that he was 'the boy who lived.'  I think it's safe to assume that most people think Harry comes into the school with *some* background information.  Furthermore, from the moment people find out who he is, they strain to see him.  He's checked out on the train, in the great hall at dinner, and also breakfast the next day.  From the minute he arrives, he's treated as special by the other kids.  And we know for a fact that certain adults treat Harry with kid gloves.  A recurrent theme for Snape is to not treat Harry as special at all--specifically to keep the boy from having a swelled head so he's not overconfident in combat.  But if he tells Harry that, his strategy will likely not work.  Like many others here, I believe he has Harry's best interest at heart.  He's just not a warm and fuzzy guy.  

Gina


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