First lesson WAS: Re: Marietta, was Slytherin's Reputation

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 185868

List Elves, take action at once! Don't you see what's happened?

List members, remember, "Constant Vigilance!" Don't you see it either?

>From the post with the header:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:

> 
> I taught for over thirty years dealing mainly with teenagers 
> and I know that cheek comes from those pupils who are 
> confident, have a big idea of themselves and are prepared 
> try it on with authority figures. Do any of these characteristics 
> fit Harry? 
> 
> Let's have a look at canon:

Potioncat:
Sounds like Geoff. Ever the voice of reason. Nice balance of personal 
experience and canon. Hard to dispute his points, so well made.

But think people! Geoff never---ever---gets involved with Snape 
threads. He's stated several times that he doesn't even *read* Snape 
threads. Yet as I write this post, there are at least Geoff Bannister 
posts on this thread.

Who is this imposter?!

(Besides, if it really were Geoff, I might have to admit that what 
all of us are really doing is trying to explain the motivation for 
Snape being such a Berk--and no, there isn't any real excuse for 
treating an 11-year-old like this.)