Changing the title because I'm tired of it, was "Some won't like it". The Sc

[festuco]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "festuco" <vuurdame at x> wrote:
 
> Trust is a tricky thing.  There's a big difference between trusting 
> someone because someone else vouches for them, and trusting someone 
> because you yourself know (experientially too) that someone is 
> trustworthy.  The latter is built out of experience and over time.
> 
> Think of Ron and Hermione and their contrasting perspectives.  
> Hermione trusts Snape because Dumbledore does; she's willing to take 
> him as The Truth And The Guide.  Ron doesn't trust Snape; he wants to 
> know for himself, and is not willing to take the word of an 
> interlocutor.

Well, actually I don't see it that way. Both Ron and Harry do not like
Snape. They have known Snape for almost five years, so they have
experienced him as a very nast teachter and as the saviour of Harry's
life. They have no reason not to trust Snape, any other than that he
is not a nice person. Hermione even points it out to Ron: 'How many
times have you suspected Snape and when have you ever been right?'
Hermione uses her own experiences of Snape, together with her faith in
DD to come to the conclusion that he is indeed trustworthy. She does
not get her emotions about Snape get in the way of her evaluation. 

Their main point is that the occlumency lessons weaken Harry, instead
of helping him. Do the do any research on occlumency to see if this is
a normal proces? Does Harry tell Ron he does not really practice, and
that might create a problem too? No. It is easier to go with their
emotions and blame Snape than use their brains. If Harry would have
had the same problems with a teacher he would have liked, it would not
have entered either Harry's or Ron's brains that the teacher could be
the problem. 

Gerry