Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184887


> Alla:
> > 
> > Snape hanged himself as far as I am concerned. He had higher than 
> > normal mental capacities, he as far as I am concerned knew or 
> > suspected that there is a werewolf there, he was a self proclaimed 
> > DADA genuis, he read that lovely werewolf essay. And he went there 
> > anyways.
> >
> 
> Pippin:
> He's still only sixteen or so. Just because, intellectually, he knows
> how dangerous werewolves are doesn't mean that he is going to be
> appropriately cautious. It's not the nature of a sixteen year old to
> be appropriately cautious. Sirius, of all people, knew that very well.


Potioncat:
I never expected The Prank to resume such a heated tennis match! I've 
read the thread rather quickly. It sounds like a collection of parents 
in the Headmaster's office. Each is trying to convince the HM that 
his/her son is innocent, or at least less guilty than the other boy. 
I've included the above exchange only because it shows two sides and it 
is the most recent post.

So I'd like to offer a game, and a chance to take a different look at 
the events. Imagine that you are the Headmaster/Headmistress of 
Hogwarts. Not that you are DD, but "you" are the Head. It's late at 
night, or very early morning. You are facing several 15/16 year old 
boys who have survived a terrible fright. What would you do?

Try to forget the background motivations you currently have for Sirius 
and Severus. Imagine that you know only what a HM in this situation 
would know.  

Explain what you know. Which boys are in your office? Tell us what you 
think the boys said.  What do you feel for or about the boys?  Have you 
called in anyone else? Why are you taking the action you decide upon?