Loyalty and goodness

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 121254


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:

> 
> Nora wrote:
> " But I disagree that he is not teaching the children--I think his
> examples and actions point towards a path."
> 
> Del replies:
> I don't believe that the example of a Headmaster they very rarely 
see can have any strong influence on the majority of his students. 
Harry has a special connection to DD, but as far as we know no other
> Hogwarts student shares such a connection. For them, DD is just a 
very distant Headmaster, about whom they know very very little, 
especially where his personal morals are concerned.
> 


Tonks here:

DD is teaching the children by example, as he teaches Harry.  DD is 
teaching the children who READ the books. And the children who read 
the books start reading at an age (10 or so) where they are most 
open to suggestion. This is an age where they can be most influenced 
for the good from outside their family, but not yet the closed 
minded group mentality of the teenager.

Tonks_op