[HPforGrownups] OT: Drill Sargeant (with a tiny bit of ontopic talk...)

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In a message dated 3/31/2004 2:12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, silverthorne.dragon at verizon.net writes:

> Neri:
> It is definitely true that a soldier should train performing his role under
> extreme pressure, but only after he had mastered it. Learning any new skill
> under this kind of pressure is next to impossible.
> 
> {Silverthone}
> Hmmmmm...then the military really *has* changed. Odd....maybe I should go
> review Air Force training with my cousin Jason Nygren, see what exactly he
> went through to get his wings...because the other three branches seem to
> share a less...um...stress free method. (That would be Navy (Grandfather,
> Lifemate, 2 co-workers), Marines (Uncle, best friend, boyfriend, 1
> co-worker), Army (Three former boyfriends, 2 female 
> friends, three
> co-workers).


As I am a Psyc major and studing learning at the moment I thought I might chip in.

Humans learn quickly when our lives depend upon it, it's a natural reaction.  If you are in iminante danger of getting physically harmed or killed your brain and body kick into overdrive, which is why craming and doing it the night before it's due papers sometimes work for people.  When you're on your last leg most people perform better.

You lean faster and it gets embeded deeper into you.  Army Training /deliberetly/ takes advantage of this.  The Drill Sargeant is there, in your face, yelling at you inorder to convince your subconconcious that Yes, you are going to suffer horribly if you don't learn this and quickly.

To get back On Topic, with Nevile...well he's in so much fear he's going to die he can cognate this (sort of) and thus it effects his performance/attention.

In Harry's case...well, honestly I think it's partially snape's fault for it, he's so combative/angry he can't respect snape and can't learn.  If Snape hadn't singled him out and etc etc Harry might have been more willing to learn.  As it is, well, I think, though the armed forced experts can correct me, if Harry tried his attitude/reaction set with a Drill Sargeant, and he was a recruit as opposed to a student, he'd get kicked out.