[HPforGrownups] Re: Accio 2005 press release: new Guest Speaker and Trial of Snape

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 128239


--- quigonginger <quigonginger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have noticed (and I say this as an American who
> loves her country) 
> that there are some (and a vocal group they are)
> from the US who try 
> to force American thought on the WW.  Or should I
> say "PC thought" 
> rather than "American" as not all of us are PC
> folks.
> 

Oh dear, I was so waiting for somebody else to say
that. Thank you.

Now getting that off my chest, I can get back on
topic. Every time Snape's teaching method is
criminalised, I'm thinking about real world schools,
where somebody who wants to learn (somebody like
Hermione, in fact) has no chance of survival. She
would be constantly ridiculed for doing her homework,
for showing some enthusiasm, for not helping to
sabotage the lessons. If you ever were a child like
that, then you know that Snape-like teacher is your
best friend. He gives  you an out-of-jail card,  you
see: you can pretend that you are studying hard not
because you are a geek, or whatever is the insult of
the day, but because you'd be punished otherwise. 

Irene

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