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EmmaRiddle 07-31-2007 12:28 PM
Headteacher spoils Deathly Hallows for whole school
 
Carolyn Banfield, headteacher at St John's Church of England school in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, spoiled the ending of Deathly Hallows for 400 children when she read it out in an assembly.

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A spokesman for St John's said: "The school held an assembly on the last day of term to say goodbye to the children and staff who were leaving.

"At this assembly a very small passage from the new Harry Potter book was read aloud.

"The passage was carefully chosen to reflect the theme of saying goodbye.

"The school felt that this reading would not spoil the children's enjoyment of the book and its plot.

"Many of the children and staff at the school are fans of the Harry Potter series, and we used the text as a way of illustrating how uncertainty can sometimes accompany new beginnings."
However the decision has been "condemned" by the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations.

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Spokesman Margaret Morrissey said: "It beggars belief as to how someone could even consider doing something like this. It spoilt the book for a number of children.

"The good thing about Harry Potter is that it has encouraged a lot of children to pick up books and read.

"Whatever the motive there wasn't sufficient thinking behind this.

"It is something that the children at the school would have spent the majority of the holiday reading rather than saying they were bored.

"It is very hard to understand why anyone would do that, most of all a teacher in a primary school."

Fallon Chanel 07-31-2007 12:30 PM
thats horrible that she spoiled it! Who cares if she was doing it because it fit the theme! thats still bad!

Hagridlover101 07-31-2007 12:31 PM
that is horrible!:hack:
outragous!

Sweet.Nightmare 07-31-2007 12:33 PM
:faint: That's terrible!

miss weasley 07-31-2007 12:37 PM
:faint: THAT'S HORRID! -chases after Headteacher- -stabby stabby-

Obi-Wan K'Lari 07-31-2007 12:39 PM
:arg: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

*screams at teacher*

Galbatorix 07-31-2007 12:40 PM
Oh thats horrible. All those students must have been so angry.:blink:

DeathEater24601 07-31-2007 12:40 PM
:hack: :hack: :whip: :gasp: She should not have done that! Who cares if it fit the occaison?! Why couldn't she choose a passage from one of the other books, the book they've read already! Like Philosoher's Stone, or Half-blood Prince! ACK! :hack:

Simple_Spells 07-31-2007 12:45 PM
That's completely horrendously unacceptable! :gasp: I am in complete and utter shock right now! Especially a teacher, who should now how much this series means to a lot of people.

Mistress Vondella 07-31-2007 01:08 PM
Hmmmm, it doesn't say what passage was read. Maybe it wasn't so spoilery after all? I need more info.

And, have to admit, I'm related to an even guiltier party. My mom. She wore my a "Dumbledore Dies" t-shirt on the first day of school after HBP was released. At least it had been a couple of months after the release though.

Tom Marvolo Riddle 07-31-2007 01:20 PM
That wasn't very nice. :hack:

Padie 07-31-2007 01:23 PM
Oy! Is that even legal? *pokes the teacher*

c00kie 07-31-2007 01:53 PM
*smacks head*

:faint:

aguamentis 07-31-2007 01:53 PM
That's true though, they didn't exactly state which passage it was, if it was in the beginning, middle, or the ending, or if it really contain a spoiler. Because after all, it could've been some random set of paragraphs which doesn't say much yet still has the theme of "Saying Good-Bye."

But then again, I have to agree, they should've just chosen a previous Harry Potter, seeing as they pretty much all contain that particular theme or one close to it rather than pick the 7th and last book which many still haven't read yet and read from it. Ah well...

bitsyandtank 07-31-2007 01:59 PM
That's horrible.

futuremrsmalfoy 07-31-2007 02:01 PM
Horrible...i would be so upset.

EmmaRiddle 07-31-2007 02:02 PM
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Is that even legal?
:lol: What do you expect, a gagging law?!

hpluvr037 07-31-2007 02:07 PM
Oh, that wasn't very good thinking on the teacher's part. Silencio! That ought to take care of her. :yes:

MusicalTheatreGirl 07-31-2007 02:13 PM
i would've been sooo sad if i were one of thoes students!

Maya Ellwood 07-31-2007 02:22 PM
Shame on that teacher! Shame, Shame, Shame! Big, huge, mega big shame on the person who ever thought of that. They must be idiots!

nmzanie 07-31-2007 02:26 PM
Horrible
 
that is terrible. I say we sick a pack of pygmy puffs on her.:ron2:

midnightdanzer 07-31-2007 02:29 PM
that teacher is absolutely HORRIBLE!! who would even THINK of doin something like that and ruining the book for 400 students?!?!?! I would hate to have been one of them.

ronandlexi 07-31-2007 02:39 PM
Grrrrrr
 
HOW RUDE I WOULD HAVE died IF MY TEACHER TOLD ME!!!!
WHO ON THE FACE OF MOTHER EARTH WOULD DO THAT??? I AM OUTRAGED!!! THAT IS 100% UNACCEPTABLE!:snape2:

lightstar1154 07-31-2007 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sakura11 (Post 5447009)
That's true though, they didn't exactly state which passage it was, if it was in the beginning, middle, or the ending, or if it really contain a spoiler. Because after all, it could've been some random set of paragraphs which doesn't say much yet still has the theme of "Saying Good-Bye."

But then again, I have to agree, they should've just chosen a previous Harry Potter, seeing as they pretty much all contain that particular theme or one close to it rather than pick the 7th and last book which many still haven't read yet and read from it. Ah well...
Yeah, hold up a second... what if it wasn't really all that spoilerly? I was thinking she opened to the last chapter and read it aloud, but it seems like she just picked a passage that had to do with saying goodbye (possibly during the death of a character in the middle of the book that wouldn't have ruined it at all?) I dunno, I need more infore before I make my decision on this one.

Mrs Felton 07-31-2007 02:53 PM
I think I would have seriously injured any teacher who tried to read me any part of DH, no matter how spoilery it was.


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