Harry's detention in HBP

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 168371

>Betsy Hp wrote:

> This is the first potions lesson in PS/SS.  And I think everything 
that occurred there was Snape's normal teaching  method. I'd bet 
every first year got to hear that speech and I'll bet every  first year
class had near impossible questions thrown at them. It's Snape's  "pay
attention, this will not be an easy course and I will be  *extremely*
demanding"  moment.
> 
<snip>

>Carol:
>At any rate, a  teacher as organized as Snape, who has been teaching
(as of SS/PS) for ten  years, probably has certain well-rehearsed
routines that he uses with every  class (though perhaps, as Betsy
suggests, he usually asks more than one  student his three pre-test
questions). McGonagall always transforms into a  cat in front of her
third-years. Trelawney, it seems, predicts the death of a  student
every year. All of the teachers give little speeches about  the
importance of OWLs (or dismissing them as mundane, in  Trelawney's
case). At any rate, Snape knows the value of drama, and  these
questions do establish exactly what Betsy suggests, that students  are
expected to read the books, know the material, and pay  attention.

I wonder, by the way, how different the reaction of the  students, and
of Snape, would have been if Harry had thoroughly read and  absorbed
the material. I also wonder whether Draco knew the answers to  the
questions. I'll bet he at least knew what a Bezoar  was.

<snip>
 
Nikkalmati
 
Good points.  As anyone who has taught for a long time on the  elementary 
level is aware, the introduction to a class is usually set in stone  (and on 
occasion the entire syllabus) :>)  
Has anyone here been to a US law school?  Certain teachers have very  much 
the same MO.  Students had better be prepared the very first class and  every 
class thereafter someone is questioned in front of everyone else until the  
limit of their knowledge is reached or they pass out. :>) 
 
Nikkalmati (who wonders how any teacher can be expected to teach the full  
range of 11 to 17 year olds every day, effectively).
 
 



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