Snape vs. RW (was: Harry)

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No: HPFGUIDX 101543

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> Off this thread a bit, but still somewhat appropriate, I find it 
> amusing that in my work, managing a library video collection, I just 
> this moment picked up a video entitled The Teenage Brain:  A World of 
> Their Own, with the following description:  
> 
> "Research has shown that during puberty, when the brain begins 
> teeming with hormones, the pre-frontal cortex, the center of 
> reasoning and impulse control, is still a work in progress."  
> 
> Hee.  I'm sure some would find that an apt description of our Harry?
> 

Are you surprised?
Anyone who's actually *been* a teenage male recognises that as a
gross understatement. Hormones, sexual and aggressive run rampant
and  are  barely restrained by social pressures. It's the main reason
why fathers tend to be so  protective of their daughters - memories.
Most  adult males look back and thank their God that Legilimancy
doesn't  exist in the real world. If it did 99% of teenage  males
would be in permanent lock-down. Normally they grow out of it
by the time they're  30.

Harry's an exception. The  main teenage male obsessions (sex, girls,
sex, fantasy, girls, sex) don't seem to  occupy much of his mental
activities. Perhaps he should  be referred to an Endocrinologist  for
assessment; there could be something seriously  wrong here.

But he exhibits another common trait - bloody-minded stubborness.
Co-operation is not the name of the game, particularly with some-one
who's not liked. "Gimme reasons. And if I can dream up a rebuttal, 
gimme more reasons until I don't have an excuse. Even then I might 
not do it unless sanctions are threatened." Not at all unusual. 
Of course all schools do have sanctions and the students know it, but
the Occlumancy lessons fall into a grey area; they are not part of the
established cirriculum and they are not held in a formal setting. Where
are the normal school sanctions here? Would they cover it? Probably not.

Mostly such non-co-operation is part of the attempt to establish a 
recognisably separate individual identity.

It's  the "Young Bucks" syndrome, which is also often the trigger for 
scuffles within the peer group. In fact, Hogwarts seems remarkably placid
in this respect, with nearly all of it being confined to two small cliques - 
Malfoy's and Harry's. Better for the plot, I suppose.

Kneasy