Adults "failing" Harry (was: Themes in OotP)

[potioncat]

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> Dungrollin:
> > Just remembered something in 'The Centaur and the Sneak' just 
after 
> > DD knocks out Fudge and the other chaps from the ministry, and 
> > before he disappears from his office with Fawkes :
> > 
> > "Listen to me, Harry," He said urgently.  "You must study 
> > Occlumency as hard as you can, do you understand me?  Do 
everything 
> > Professor Snape tells you and practise it particularly every 
night 
> > before sleeping so that you can close your mind to bad dreams - 
you 
> > will understand why soon enough, but you must promise me -"
> > 
> > The man called Dawlish was stirring.  Dumbeldore seized harry's 
> > wrist.
> > "Remember - close your mind -"
> > 
> > Didn't make much difference to Harry's attitude, did it?
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
snip> 
> Otherwise, I guess I would have to fault... Harry??  Sh*t, that'll 
> please Kneasy no end, won't it?  Not that he's opposed to blaming 
DD  for things, but those blasted teenagers are always screwing 
things  up, thinking they know more than they do, right, Kneasy?  Or 
do we  just blame "life"?

>

Potioncat:
Personally, the way my household is going, I'm set to blame the 
teenagers too!

BTW, does the quote above indicate that Snape was teaching 
Occlumency according to the accepted method? Sorry, I had to ask.