[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape as Neville's teacher / JKR's sexy men roll call

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 168473

> Betsy Hp:
> > I think the reason I don't see Snape as abusing his authority is
> > that I see a rational (though mistaken) reason for his using Harry as
> > his impossible question guinea pig.  There's nothing wrong with a
> > teacher hitting his students with near impossible questions to set up
> > what sort of classroom he's going to run.  Sure, the student being
> > asked the questions feels like an idiot, but that's not an abuse of
> > authority, IMO.
Lupinlore:
> Aha.  Well, IMO, it absolutely IS an utterly contemptible and abusive
> practice on Snape's part and anyone else's,
Random832:
The practice being referred to is asking a student three questions to
which the student is unlikely (not impossible; Hermione at least
certainly seemed to think she knew them; just unlikely) to know the
answer. Unless you perhaps misunderstood what we were talking about, I
think you ought to explain further why you think it's "utterly
contemptible and abusive"? He didn't even take points off for not
knowing the answers.

--Random832