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

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 94662

EnsTren at a... wrote:
> 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.
 
> 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.


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
I snipped Neri's & Anne's comments [sorry] in the interest of 
brevity, and please keep in mind I'm reacting to the whole thread, 
not just this message.

I will make one last feeble attempt to bring out a difference that I 
think is KEY.  HRH & their class of Hogwarts students begin w/ Snape 
at age **11** and the war is **NOT** yet on.  They are boarding 
school students, not military academy students or enlistees.  No one 
has **told** them that their lives are in danger and they damn well 
better listen & learn this stuff because their *lives* depend on it.  
When a person goes into the military, he or she is 1) older and 2) 
*knows* his/her life depends upon listening & learning every detail.

Doesn't anybody else out there think this is an important difference 
in the learning process?  That one must *understand* the mission in 
order for the drill sergeant routine to be most effective?  
Somebody...anybody...? :-|  [EnsTren, you may be getting at this 
somewhat in your final paragraph....]

Siriusly Snapey Susan