JKR and Occlumency lessons (was Re: Snape and Occlumency)

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>Alla writes:

>What IS incredibly hard to accept FOR ME is the the fact that 
>Dumbledore could be so NOT INTELLIGENT and misjudge the extent of 
>Snape' hatred for James and Harry and Harry's hatred for Snape that 
>badly.

I've been thinking about this and have tried to go back and find out 
HOW Dumbledore could know about the depth of the animosity between 
these two.  We tend to give Dumbledore a bit too much credit 
sometimes - he's not omniscient.  WE know how much Snape hates Harry 
and his friends, as we were there when Snape was an obstacle to 
Harry, when Snape was downright vicious to Hermione, when Snape has 
done every nasty thing that Snape has done.  When has Dumbledore been 
a witness to this?  He knows Harry doesn't like and doesn't trust 
Snape.  He knows Snape doesn't like Harry (and most likely attributes 
this to his resemblance to James) but he hasn't been present for most 
of the conflicts between the two of them.

Nicky Joe