Emphasis on proper address was: Snape as father figure

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 131238

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> Phoenixgod wrote: 
> > I don't truly understand where this idea that Harry is being 
> > disrespectful comes from. Other than peaking into his pensieve, 
> Harry 
> > is almost always perfectly respectfuly to Snape--at least by the 
> > standards I use in my own classroom. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> I "upthreaded" for a number of posts, and unless you're referring 
to 
> a post that somehow is out of thread, I don't see what you're 
talking 
> about. At least from my point of view, I'm only discussing the use 
> of "sir". 

I was refering to a few of the other posters who seemed (at least to 
me) to be saying that Harry wasn't being respectful to Snape because 
he wasn't throwing a sir in every four words. In my opinion Harry has 
given Snape plenty of respect within the bounds of Snape's job even 
though he he does not use sir all the time. I don't know anything 
about school boy stories, I've never read any of them, but by real 
world standards, Harry has acted within the bounds of respectfulness 
(aside from the pensive incident), that I would hold my own students 
to. As far as I am concerened, anything else would just be stroking 
Snape's ego. 

But I've never been one to believe much in formality or giving 
respect to someone who hasn't actually earned any, so I'm coming from 
a weird point of view :)

phoenixgod2000