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

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 185881

> Alla:
> No, it is not my job to prove the negative. You argued that Snape 
> routinely asks these questions, so the burden is on you (generic you 
> of course) to prove the point. Because if not I can argue to use 
> Magpie hilarious example that Snape routinely beats students over the 
> head with the cauldron and please, prove that he does not. After all 
> we do not see all potions classes, don"t we?

Zara:
I disagree. We have shown that in all first days of class shown in the 
text of the series, of which there are two, Snape does ask questions 
about the material of *THAT YEAR*. Non-verbal spells are not even 
mentioned as part of the OWL curriculum. They appear for the first time 
in NEWT classes, and presto, in the first NEWT class of a group of 
students in HBP, he asks a question about them. So our case is 
supported. Your argument, as far as I can see, is a form of special 
pleading that, somehow, his first class teaching new NEWT DADA students 
is "different". Since the characters, dialogue, and setting of ANY 
group of scenes are bound to not be identical in some way, you are 
setting an unreasonable burden of proof.

WE can't know for sure that he does this in ALL classes, but we have 
sertainly made it plausible that he has done this on more than one 
different occasion, which is the best anyone can do without more 
scenes, it seems to me.