Os professores de Hogwarts podem bater nos alunos?

Em geral, não é permitido, mas finalmente se resume a quem está administrando a escola.

Dumbledore foi contra:

Professor Umbridge seized Marietta, pulled her round to face her and began shaking her very hard. A split second later Dumbledore was on his feet, his wand raised; Kingsley started forwards and Umbridge leapt back from Marietta, waving her hands in the air as though they had been burned.

"I cannot allow you to manhandle my students, Dolores," said Dumbledore

_{^{Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27, The Centaur and the Sneak}}

A professora McGonagall foi contra:

“Teach - Moody, is that a student?” shrieked Professor McGonagall, the books spilling out of her arms.

“Yep,” said Moody.

“No!” cried Professor McGonagall, running down the stairs and pulling out her wand; a moment later, with a loud snapping noise, Draco Malfoy had reappeared, lying in a heap on the floor with his sleek blond hair all over his now brilliantly pink face. He got to his feet, wincing.

“We give detentions, Moody! Or speak to the offender's Head of House!”

_{^{Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 13, Mad Eye Moody}}

Também vemos que, durante a ausência de Dumbledore e da professora McGonagall, as coisas eram muito diferentes.

Umbridge estava planejando aprovar o Decreto Educacional 29 , que permitiu que Filch punisse os estudantes.

'Yerse… I've been telling Dumbledore for years and years he's too soft with you all,' said Filch, chuckling nastily. 'You filthy little beasts would never have dropped Stink Pellets if you'd “known I had it in my power to whip you raw, would you, now? Nobody would have thought of throwing Fanged Frisbees down the corridors if I could've strung you up by the ankles in my office, would they? But when Educational Decree Number Twenty-nine comes in, Potter I'll be allowed to do them things…'

_{^{Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, Snape's Worst Memory}}

Isso também indica que punições corporais não foram permitidas. Um decreto especial tinha que ser passado.

Houve o formulário " Aprovação para chicotear ", a origem desse formulário não é muito clara.

"Approval for Whipping… Approval for Whipping… I can do it at last… they've had it coming to them for years…"

He pulled out a piece of parchment, kissed it, then shuffled rapidly back out of the door, clutching it to his chest.

Filch elbowed his way closer to Umbridge, almost crying with happiness.

"I've got the form, Headmistress," he said hoarsely, waving the piece of parchment Harry had just seen him take from her desk. "I've got the form and I've got the whips waiting… oh, let me do it now…"

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, Career Advice

Outra instância de alteração de regra:

"Nah, they make her look tame. The other teachers are all supposed to refer us to the Carrows if we do anything wrong. They don’t, though, if they can avoid it. You can tell they all hate them as much as we do."

"Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it’s just the Dark Arts. We’re supposed to practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who’ve earned detentions –"

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 29, The Lost Diadem

Tudo se resume a quem administra a escola, porque essa pessoa pode modificar as regras da escola.

Não. Como sempre, os filmes são uma droga.

Primeiramente, Dumbledore nunca permitiria isso. Observe sua reação no livro 5, quando Umbridge toca um aluno.

Professor Umbridge seized Marietta, pulled her round to face her and began shaking her very hard.

A split second later Dumbledore was on his feet, his wand raised; Kingsley started forwards and Umbridge leapt back from Marietta, waving her hands in the air as though they had been burned.

"I cannot allow you to manhandle my students, Dolores," said Dumbledore and, for the first time, he looked angry.

Como uma nota lateral - é em parte porque a cena do Cálice de Fogo é tão odiada. É uma contradição direta do personagem que vemos nos livros, que nunca, nunca agem tão ameaçadoramente com um aluno.

Ou você pode notar que Dumbledore impediu Filch de prejudicar os estudantes fisicamente.

A highly polished collection of chains and manacles hung on the wall behind Filch's desk. It was common knowledge that he was always begging Dumbledore to let him suspend students by their ankles from the ceiling.

Você também pode notar a reação ao castigo da Moody no livro 4, embora eu ainda ache que o personagem de Dumbledore é a prova mais strong.

"Teach ...­ Moody, is that a student?" shrieked Professor McGonagall, the books spilling out of her arms.

"Yep," said Moody.

"No!" cried Professor McGonagall, running down the stairs and pulling out her wand; a moment later, with a loud snapping noise, Draco Malfoy had reappeared, lying in a heap on the floor with his sleek blond hair all over his now brilliantly pink face. He got to his feet, wincing.

"Moody, we never use Transfiguration as a punishment!" said Professor McGonagall weakly. "Surely Professor Dumbledore told you that?"

"He might've mentioned it, yeah," said Moody, scratching his chin unconcernedly, "but I thought a good sharp shock ...­"

Os professores foram autorizados a punir fisicamente os alunos em algumas ocasiões.

Resumidamente no ano 5, punição corporal foi permitida sob Umbridge

Filch elbowed his way closer to Umbridge, almost crying with happiness.

‘I’ve got the form, Headmistress,’ he said hoarsely, waving the piece of parchment Harry had just seen him take from her desk.

‘I’ve got the form and I’ve got the whips waiting ... oh, let me do it now ...’

‘Very good, Argus,’ she said. ‘You two,’ she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, ‘are about to learn what happens to wrong- doers in my school.’

e mais tarde

Filch prowled the corridors with a horsewhip ready in his hands, desperate to catch miscreants, but the problem was that there were now so many of them he never knew which way to turn.

O ano 7 também foi permitido, sob os Comensais da Morte

‘Do you know about the Carrows?’

‘Those two Death Eaters who teach here?’ ‘They do more than teach,’ said Neville. ‘They’re in charge of all discipline. They like punishment, the Carrows.’

‘Like Umbridge?’

‘Nah, they make her look tame. The other teachers are all supposed to refer us to the Carrows if we do anything wrong. They don’t, though, if they can avoid it. You can tell they all hate them as much as we do.

‘Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defence Against the Dark Arts, except now it’s just the Dark Arts. We’re supposed to practise the Cruciatus Curse on people who’ve earned detentions –’