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

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 56815


--- Mel wrote:
> <snip part about Snape not having adult
attitude> 
> 
> Mel:
> 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.

Lynn:

You're right.  There are many adults that
unfortunately take that attitude and then teach
it to their children.  Yes it would be called a
Human Attitude.

To call it an Adult Attitude though, as in an
adult way to act, I respectfully disagree.  An
adult would have the maturity to at least attempt
to judge each person separately and would
definitely take the time to see if there was
indeed a difference between the parent and child
before making a decision about the child.  Also,
an adult way to act would be to attempt to allow
that one's own prejudices of the parent may be
coloring their perception of the child.  Not
always easy to do but then it takes
self-awareness and maturity to do.  

Harry, at the beginning, how no idea why Snape
hates him.  His attitude towards Snape is based
not on perception, as Snape's is of Harry, but on
the actual treatment Harry receives from Snape. 
Harry appears to be able to tolerate Snape's
attitude toward him much easier once he knows why
Snape hates him and knows it's based on Snape's
relationship to his father rather than on who
Harry is himself.  Seems to me that the one in
this relationship who is exhibiting adult
behavior is Harry, not Snape.

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