McGonagall in OOP. Was; Re: Too "Good" Harry / The resolution of Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 118685



Lupinlore:
Not at all.  I mean McGonagall.  Let's see, you have a boy who's 
seen one of his classmates die, is kept in the dark, ridiculed in 
the paper, and persecuted by a government official/teacher.  Now,  
you are supposedly a teacher with years of experience in dealing 
with adolescent boys, but you seem totally unable to anticipate that 
Harry will be hurt and angry, and totally at a loss as to how to 
deal with this situation effectively.  Granted, there are special 
circumstances and you are under orders from Dumbledore to be 
circumspect, but the best you can come up with is "Get a grip on 
yourself?"  NOT impressive.  NOT impressive AT ALL.


Alla:

LOL! Thank you. Actually, I completely agree with you. I think that 
McGonagall rocked on many points in OOP. I loved how she handled 
herself when Umbrdige came to "inspect" her lesson, 
during "profession consultation", etc. 

But this remark I indeed consider to be idiotic. I expected MUCH 
more from Minerva.