[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's Grades/Talent, WAS: Snape thoughts of Harry

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 177222

From: Laura Lynn Walsh <lwalsh at acsalaska.net>
>The fact that he goofs off in a class that is basically fraudulent
>(divinations) is understandable.  It is hard to work hard if you
>think a subject is completely invalid.  

Bart:
He may think the subject is invalid, but JKR shows that, while Trelawney's interpretive skills leave something to be desired, her source material is solid (she is like Dr. Watson, who, when challenged by Sherlock Holmes, spots all the evidence, but comes up with completely wrong deductions). A running joke is that Trelawney sees that if she cuts the arms and legs off a frog, and tells it to jump, it doesn't jump, but concludes it's because removal of the limbs causes the frog to go deaf. 

Laura:
>And who hasn't ignored
>a subject that is taught in such a boring manner as to be
>completely without interest (history of magic).  At one point,
>Harry even remarks that he thinks it could have been interesting,
>except for the way Binns taught it.

Bart:
That seems to be all too typical of history classes. Usually, the politicians get in, and by the time they agree on something that is acceptible, anything of interest has long since been removed. Can anybody see Ben Stein playing Prof. Binns? Anybody? Anybody?

Bart