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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samnell" data-source="post: 487332" data-attributes="member: 130">Both, actually. The duelling club seemed to be Lockhart's idea mainly, but Snape came along as his "assistant". Probably just for a chance to blast him in front of the students.Hogwart's teachers are typically very cavalier about student injury, though. Madame Pomfrey seems to be able to fix anything shy of death. She describes broken bones as taking a minute to fix. When a student is in the Hospital for more than a day, it's probably something a lot more serious than an arm-deboning.There is genuine concern on the part of the staff in regards to more serious issues. The Basilisk from the Chamber is considered a dire threat and the school nearly closes over serial petrifications with the possibility for a fatality. Hogwarts is locked down even more seriously in the third book when an escaped murderer is known to be nearby.There's also the restricted section in the library where students can't read without a teacher's note to permit it. That's where really dangerous works are kept, excepting times when certain young Gryffindors abscond with them. I suspect that certain potion ingredients are kept secured in Snape's office instead of in the open stores for similar reasons.In the fourth book, age restrictions are placed on a tournament to prevent untrained young wizards from getting killed. So they're not totally heartless (though I do wonder about Snape...) but simple physical injury seems to be trivial to them.</blockquote>

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