Should Harry have told on DJU? (was Re: Harry as last DADA teacher?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 100525

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dzeytoun" <dzeytoun at f...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" > Ginger, 
> female, US resident, almost 38 (on 17 June):
> > 
> > Perhaps it is the age factor rather than the nationality?  I was 
> > surprised the first time I heard it suggested (on the list, not
in 
> > the book) that Harry should have told about the quill.  I 
> understood 
> > him perfectly.  One doesn't shout one's weakness to the world,
one 
> > takes it like a man, er, person.  In a case like this, one
doesn't 
> > admit defeat no matter how bad the odds are.  It isn't "manly".
> > 
> 
> Well, I can't really agree with this fully.  I myself am only one 
> year younger than you (37 on June 15), and as I said I think Harry 
> was being an idiot.  Any teacher trying that with me would have
been 
> in court so fast her/his head would have been spinning.  In fact,
one 
> teacher who tried something much less severe DID end up in front of 
> the schoolboard, and I enjoyed every minute of it (and emerged 
> victorious - she got a formal reprimand and I got an automatic "A" 
> and was excused from ever taking a class with her again).
> 
> I
> 
> Dzeytoun

Sue:

I suspect the difference between your teacher and Harry's is that DJU
had been imposed on the school by the government. She had powers your 
teacher didn't. And Harry had his doubts about DD at the time, but
also felt that he had enough worries to be going on with. DJU could not be
fired or sued for assault, and she *was* in a position to get revenge and make
his life even more miserable.
I work in the school system. It's certainly true that kids nowadays will accuse 
teachers of assault/harassment, etc. at the drop of a hat, often simply 
because they can - and they certainly know their rights! The WW is a lot more 
conservative.