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

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 56794

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ladi lyndi <ladilyndi at y...> 
wrote:
> From the beginning, Snape colors his attitude
> toward Harry with his feelings toward James.  Is
> that an adult attitude?  

me:
Unfortunately, yes. It's an Adult Human Attitude. Not a very nice 
one, but have you ever heard a child say:
"What do you expect, after all, 'the apple never falls far from the 
tree'."

How many really "nice" people do you know--how many of them are nice 
to *everyone*? Now, how many of those are *genuinely* nice? 
Severus Snape is considerably LESS nice than most--and probably ONLY 
because he doesn't bother to PRETEND to be nice. But he's certainly 
NOT alone in visiting the sins of the father upon the son. One 
shudders to think what Sirius Black Jr. would suffer in his classes.

(well actually, this "one" doesn't, this "one" would probably enjoy 
every minute of it)

Mel