Re: The not so great Dumbledore

Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:17 GMT, "DaveD"
: <davedn1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>
:>"Toon" <toon@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
:>news:ibveo3l7ln38q1q6qp32k64bida7973oka@xxxxxxxxxx
:>> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:22:51 -0500, Drusilla
:>> <gammanormidsERASETHIS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>>
:>>>Thom Madura escribi?:
:>>>> remysun2000@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
:>>>>> On Jan 6, 5:55 am, "Deevo" <mcken...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>>>>>
:>>>>>> Yes they did but not that many years ago. While I didn't go through a
:>>>>>> Catholic education, the Catholic schools had a reputation for being
:>>>>>> almost
:>>>>>> brutal in my schooldays (I graduated High School in 1982). And the
:>>>>>> cane was
:>>>>>> still used in my times too.
:>>>>>
:>>>>> I had twelve years that ended in 1993, and the story of nuns and
:>>>>> rulers were a very popular story, but pretty much urban legend. Pre-
:>>>>> Vatican II, as they liked to call it.
:>>>>
:>>>> I actually had a nun break my arm with a metal ruler - for - get this -
:>>>> answering a question correctly! (It was from the next chapter). At least
:>>>> she was never in a classroom again after that.
:>>>
:>>>Teachers - not only nuns - do this because they think the student is an
:>>>arrogant know-it-all that wants to be smarter than the teacher.
:>>
:>> CoughHermioneGrangerCough
:>
:>
:>But isn't that the mark of a good teacher - that they want the kids to end
:>up smarter than themselves? As opposed to a poor teacher who's threatened by
:>a smart kid as they fear they'll be shown up?
:
: Yup. But nobody ever said Snape was a good teacher. The fact Neville
: feared him so, and Harry and Neville both did great on their Potions
: OWLs without Snape sniping at them proves it.

I wonder how many students over the years suffered because Dumbledore's
decision to protect Snape prevented the hiring of a more personable
Potions master?

:>And in Hermione's case, all the teachers except Snape seemed to appreciate
:>the fact she not only read what they asked, and understood it, but that she
:>actually did extra or advance reading, unlike 99% of the others, hence they
:>frequently awarded her housepoints (which probably more than compensated for
:>the ones we see Snape deducting for her being "an insufferable
:>know-it-all").
:
: The other students probably objected to her extras. makes them look
: bad.
:
: Course, we see the major flaw in house points favorites/hatred.

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