This Fun Prisoner of Azkaban Scene Was a Lot More Disturbing Than You Thought

It's the only one that doesn't really have Voldemort involved, it introduces new amazing characters and new lore, and has a generally different vibe from the rest of the books and movies.

After all, it's in The Prisoner of Azkaban when we finally meet Sirius Black and Remus Lupin! Speaking about Remus Lupin, one of the first scenes that come to mind is the boggart class.

Professor Lupin was teaching his students from a very practical approach and wanted them to face every creature they needed to study personally.

Boggart, a creature that takes the form of one's greatest fear, was among them.

While the scene of students fighting their boggarts one by one was definitely fun and memorable, it was also important plot-wise as we learn later. But have you ever realized what it also was? Extremely inappropriate and unprofessional!

What kind of an approach is it to reveal kids' deepest fears in front of their entire class?

Boggarts find the deepest fear a person has and take its appearance. It can be anything ranging from a big spider to a reminiscence of a dark past event.

For many people, it would've been a terrible experience to face the thing they're terrified of with a dozen classmates watching.

First, one's fears can be very personal. A student who went through trauma in their past likely hates the idea of others learning about it against their will, but the boggart will reveal it regardless.

Second, it can be emotionally challenging. For many people, facing their biggest fear can lead to a mental breakdown, which is also something barely anyone would like their classmates to witness.

Third, this is an Eldorado for bullies. Learning everyone else's deepest fears allows ill-minded students to then torment and bully those unable to fight back. It's a perfect weapon even if the fear in question is general or vague.

Boggarts still must be studied as part of the school program, but it doesn't have to make students feel — and be — vulnerable and nervous.

It's so easy to fix, too: a teacher can just ask their students one by one if they're fine with sharing their fears with the others.

Those who would prefer to avoid that can practice the spell later without their classmates around.

You'd think such a compassionate and thoughtful person as Professor Lupin would've gone out of his way to not expose his students, but no.