First potions lesson

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 145795

People make it sound as if Snape singled out Harry for
attacking him with Imperio five times in the row.
Rabid dog indeed.

He just asked him several questions, which were
covered in the textbook. Was it so horribly unfair to
expect Harry to know the anwers?
"But he lives with Muggles!", you say. So what, so
does Hermione, yet she've read the book and knows the
answers.
"But it's unfair to use Hermione as a yardstick!", you
say.
Why? Because she is clever and enthusiastic about her
studies? That's the very definition of
Oustanding-level student, then. Oh, wait, that's the
only kind of a student Snape wants in his classes,
it's just he can't be selective before Year 6.

I read this scene as Snape trying to make two points:
1. I have very high standards here, come to the
lessons prepared or suffer.
2. No special treatment for celebrities.

Irene


	
	
		
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