[HPforGrownups] Is Snape unfair with House Points? (WAS Re: Teacher Ratin...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa" 
<william.truderung at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall" <thomasmwall at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > There is absolutely zero canon to support the notion that Snape 
is 
> > unfair with House Points.
> 
> PoA, chapter 9:
> 
> 'Which of you can tell me how we distinguish between the werewolf 
and 
> the true wolf?' sais Snape.
> 
> Everyone sat in motionless silence; everyone except Hermione, whose 
> hand, as it so often did, had shot straight into the air.
> 
> 'Anyone?' Snape said, ignoring Hermione.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 'Please, sir,' said Hermione, whose hand was still in the air, 'the 
> werewolf differs from the true wolf in several small ways. The 
snout 
> of the werewolf -'
> 
> 'That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss 
Granger,' 
> said Snape cooly.  'Five more points from Gryffindor for being an 
> insufferable know-it-all.'
> 
> Bill

Okay, I know in this scene we're supposed to feel anger towards Snape for 
taking points away, but c'mon.  Just look at it from a simpler POV: Snape 
*did not* call on Hermione (say whatever you want about him being a nasty 
insufferable git).  She called out in class.  She should know better.  I have 
classes that I would never *dream* of speaking out in.  Even if the teacher 
doesn't call on you, you don't yell out the answer; that's just stupid.  
Especially in this situation.  Hermione *knows* Snape is a "git" yet she 
still yells out the answer ... perhaps not yells but you know what I mean.  
She *knows* he takes points off for things like that yet she still answers.  
She.  Should.  Have.  Known.  Better.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
(Who used the HP4GU method of acronyms in an English paper - SALAD.)


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