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

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> > Alla:
> > 
> > So that *is* the scene you meant. Okay then no I do not see them 
as 
> > the same at all. Because I think it is much more reasonable to 
expect 
> > sixth years who had DADA for several years to pick up some extra 
> > knowledge, at least theoretical of the magic they never done 
> > (presumably), but definitely saw in the WW.
<SNIP>
> 
> Montavilla47:
> I don't know why Snape would take that into account.  (And, it looks
> like either *no one* besides Hermione was curious enough to look
> that up ahead of time, or everyone besides Hermione was savvy
> enough not to try and answer Snape's first question of the year
> of they didn't have to. :-)

Alla:

 You do not know why Snape would take into account that it is more 
reasonable in my view for six years to answer his question than for 
the first years? I am just asking for clarification here, I am not 
quite sure what you mean here by *that*. If I understood you 
correctly, my point is not that I am sure that he will take it into 
account, my point is that the fact that he is asking *six years* to 
me means a major difference between how I perceive his questions 
here. And that is why I do not think these two scenes can be compared.

Originally I was saying that I do not see any evidence that Snape is 
asking questions of the first years, or at least I was trying to say 
that. 

And yes, nobody but Hermione seemed to bother. My point is that it is 
more likely to me that somebody else *may* bother and more reasonable 
for the teacher to at least see if somebody else did.

 
> Alla:
> > NOT the first years muggleborns who just only learned that magic 
> > exists and had to deal with Snape's questioning.
> 
> Montavilla47:
> Okay, this is a really minor point--which is why I haven't bothered
> to address it before--but we don't know that Snape knows that
> Harry just got informed about the wizarding world a month 
> earlier. <SNIP>

Alla:

I cannot argue with your assumption, but it makes no sense to me that 
Dumbledore would not tell Snape where Harry went. For the simple 
reason that Dumbledore asked Snape of protecting Harry, to me it 
makes sense that he would tell him where he placed his protege, in 
case Snape needs to go and protect him.

And it also seems to me that Snape would have easily deducted that 
Harry is not in WW simply because he does not hear anything about him 
till he comes back.

I mean, again, your assumption is as good as mine of course and 
indeed it is a minor point, but I just do not see it.

JMO,

Alla