Harry, Snape and Dementors WAS: Re: CHAPTER Chamber of Secrets Chapter 18:

[nikkalmati]

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> Alla:
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> Are you arguing that Harry disagreed with Snape simply because he wanted to be disagreeable and because he liked teacher better? IMO regardless of what emotional baggage he had (and of course he did) and I maintain that ALL of such emotional baggage was inflicted upon Harry by Snape in the first place, in this instance Harry disagreed because he experienced practical results of his method and of course he would choose the one that he knew for sure would work.
> To me it is like arguing that if  there is a spell that is a whole sentence that can stupefy people, that Harry should start using that spell instead of "Stupefy" simply because teacher says it should work.
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Nikkalmati

Are you suggesting Harry should not be interested in learning something new?
You seem to be forgetting the other arguments:  1. Only the Order knew about Patronuses.  2. A Patronus is very hard to conjure for most wizards and beyond this year level. 3. Snape can't teach it because he con't or won't let people see his Patronus.

Nikkalmati

Alla 
> I know I would choose the results of experiment that I conducted myself rather than what teacher would say should work and I would definitely insist on the highest grade for myself if this achieves the result teacher seeks.
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Nikkalmati

Note this method was not Harry's idea or the result of his experimentation.  He learned it from Lupin who learned it from DD.

This is a pretty modern idea you have here.  Back in my day (a long, long time ago, but not time out of mind) a student would not expect a higher grade for doing something other than what he or she was taught. Originality was fine in its place, but not in the classroom.  I don't say that is the best way; I just wanted you to be aware that things used to be different.

Nikkalmati