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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 100537

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dzeytoun" <dzeytoun at f...> 
wrote:

Dzeytoun:
> 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 tend to believe that this is not a matter of generation, or 
> nationality, or gender.  

Geoff:
At the risk of being considered rude or unfair, I have a sneaking 
suspicion this is an example of the US "litigation mentality" which 
is creeping over to the UK and has everyone looking over their 
shoulder. Your case may have been a perfectly legitimate one but we 
are gettign increasing numbers of cases where people leap for a 
solicitor before you can say "Harry Potter".