Manners (was Re: Snape and Harry)

[Fred Uloth]

No: HPFGUIDX 79932

At 01:41 PM 9/4/2003 +0000, melclaros wrote:
>Silly, silly me. Those kindergarten teachers damned well should have
>EARNED the right to be called MISS Espey and Miss (damn i can't even
>remember her name!) Stupid of me to insist that he addrewss the 2nd
>grade nazi as MRS (name witheld--only because if i type it i'll start
>screaming).

Fred Uloth:
Hmm...maybe you should consider home schooling ;) I know it's not for 
everyone and only mention it in jest...

I agree with you hear. I'm currently trying to break a four year old of the 
habit her mother has allowed of addressing me by my first name. Ack! I 
can't believe that we have let things slip to the point where children are 
on a first name basis with adults. But I won't dwell on societal problems....

I believe that the reason JKR has Harry addressing Snape without title is 
to show what lack of respect Harry has for the man. It's probably lost on a 
lot of the kids reading the books and they only look on it as a lesson on 
manners, but I see it as a reinforcement of how much bad blood there is 
between Hp and SS. Look how heated Mel and others of us get on the subject. 
I say good for you JK, you've done it again.

I wish I were more like Mel, but I'm afraid that his children have heard me 
bad mouthing other adults...not directly in front of them, but rather when 
I thought they were asleep in their bedrooms but they weren't.

Regards,
Fred