Written - More Canon Rant.
[Public, Filtered away from Lupin and Black]
Nothing says life's not fair like showing young adults that regardless of effort, victory will be snatched from them if the opposing side has a hero in their ranks.
I am not unaware that I have been accused of bias as a teacher, but awarding one hundred and seventy points in the eleventh hour in reward for blatant rule-breaking and acts of self-endangerment? House points are awarded for academic achievements or failures, not disregard for authority. What, precisely, does that teach to the recipients? More to the point, what does it teach to the students who diligently worked for every last one of their triumphs?
This returns to my original point: what, exactly, does turning away the entirety of Slytherin house during a war teach those selfsame students about bias?
Oh, it is very well and good from Potter's perspective to say that I was biased in favour of my house; perhaps I was right to be. Certainly, no others were.
I notice these stories are decidedly lacking in detail with regards to anything other than Draco Malfoy's antics. If I didn't know any better - and I do - I would say Slytherin was comprised of spoiled, bullying, prejudiced miscreants, and not a one of them a Muggleborn or Half-blood.
If these are, indeed, Potter's perspective - and I sincerely hope you are reading this, Mr. Potter, if you've not thrown in the towel and disappeared once again - then the subject of bias is not one you comprehend to the fullest extent.
[Someone just saw the first Harry Potter movie and had a lot of bad memories dredged up. Someone is not in a good mood.]
[Private to Arthas, Sirius Black, Merlin, Remus Lupin, and Mozenrath. Not visible to one another.]
Much as it pains me to phrase my request in such a way: I am in need of a favour.
[Continued Private to Arthas]
I can expect you today, I assume?
[Private to Arkady and Tirion]
A word.
Nothing says life's not fair like showing young adults that regardless of effort, victory will be snatched from them if the opposing side has a hero in their ranks.
I am not unaware that I have been accused of bias as a teacher, but awarding one hundred and seventy points in the eleventh hour in reward for blatant rule-breaking and acts of self-endangerment? House points are awarded for academic achievements or failures, not disregard for authority. What, precisely, does that teach to the recipients? More to the point, what does it teach to the students who diligently worked for every last one of their triumphs?
This returns to my original point: what, exactly, does turning away the entirety of Slytherin house during a war teach those selfsame students about bias?
Oh, it is very well and good from Potter's perspective to say that I was biased in favour of my house; perhaps I was right to be. Certainly, no others were.
I notice these stories are decidedly lacking in detail with regards to anything other than Draco Malfoy's antics. If I didn't know any better - and I do - I would say Slytherin was comprised of spoiled, bullying, prejudiced miscreants, and not a one of them a Muggleborn or Half-blood.
If these are, indeed, Potter's perspective - and I sincerely hope you are reading this, Mr. Potter, if you've not thrown in the towel and disappeared once again - then the subject of bias is not one you comprehend to the fullest extent.
[Someone just saw the first Harry Potter movie and had a lot of bad memories dredged up. Someone is not in a good mood.]
[Private to Arthas, Sirius Black, Merlin, Remus Lupin, and Mozenrath. Not visible to one another.]
Much as it pains me to phrase my request in such a way: I am in need of a favour.
[Continued Private to Arthas]
I can expect you today, I assume?
[Private to Arkady and Tirion]
A word.