On Children and the "Other" (was:Re: On the perfection of moral virt

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> Nikkalmati
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>  
> I know we are poles apart here.

Alla:

Yes, we definitely are.

Nikkalmati:
  Snape asked some hard questions of  Harry, 
> which he did not expect him to be able to answer and made a few 
remarks  about 
> "fame isn't everything."  I don't see that as lack of respect.  

Alla:

I characterise it as slandering Harry at the very least, so yeah, I 
see it as a lack of respect, moreover I always compare it to the 
attack of the vicious dog on the innocent kid. So, yeah, poles 
apart :)

Nikkalmati:
 What Harry 
> did was show lack of respect for a teacher.   Now don't get  me 
wrong, I thought 
> his remark about "why don't you ask Hermione, I thing she  knows" 
was 
> hilarious and I still get a chuckle out of it, but it is clear 
Harry  has a smart 
> mouth for a first year student and an arrogant attitude - what I  
would call a 
> chip on his shoulder.  
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Alla:

Sorry, but to me it is not clear at all that Harry has an arrogant 
attitude. It can be interpreted as Harry responding to the bully as 
well. It can also be interpreted that Harry never been to Wizarding 
school yet and having expectations from his muggle school that 
teacher truly wants to call on student who knows the answers and Harry
truly wanted to help. Harry was not smirking, he was answering 
quietly. I do not see him being arrogant here at all.



Nikkalmati:
In my school (ages ago) a student would  be sent to the 
> principal for answering back to a teacher (one 4th grade teacher  
liked to rap 
> students' knuckles with a ruler, ow! ,but not me of course))  
Remember, we 
> don't know and Harry doesn't know, Snape has any reason to hate  
Harry in SS/PS. 

Alla:

we don't know that Harry knows that Snape has any reason to hate him? 
Indeed we do not know, but I think we see plenty of reason for Harry 
to be sure that Snape hates him **after** this lesson.

JMO,

Alla