Harry learning from Snape (was: stopper death)

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No: HPFGUIDX 114484


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
<navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bookworm:
> Your suggestions are appropriate for two adults.  For a 
> child/student to *show* contempt for a teacher or to ignore him is 
> disrespectful and the teacher would be within his rights to 
> discipline him.  

So?  Snape will discipline Harry in any case.  Snape has not earned 
respect and HARRY MUST NOT SHOW IT TO HIM.

> 
> A better approach, IMO, would be for Harry to be *very* 
respectfully 
> polite no matter what Snape says or does.  If he can maintain that 
> attitude, then he would have truly developed some maturity in 
> dealing with Snape.
> 
 
You are totally and completely incorrect.  All that will show is that 
he has developed a poor sense of self-worth and a completely 
inappropriate habit of giving respect to people who have not earned 
it.