Snape as Neville's teacher / JKR's sexy men roll call

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 168513

> montims:
<SNIP>
>When I grew up, the prevailing theme really was that children
> should be seen and not heard, and that adults were their betters and
> expected respect even when they didn't earn it.  And that is the 
attitude
> that carries over in the JKR books.  Being called an idiot is not 
abuse, it
> is a challenge...


Alla:

Is it an attitude that carries in JKR books though? Or is it an 
attitude that she implies may need to change as so many things in WW 
do? Because the teacher whom she would like to teach her daughter does 
not call kids *idiots* and does not demand unearned respect IMO.