When I was in grad school the whole Harry Potter craze was just beginning. I was assigned to observe and write a report on a children's program at a local branch library and the one I chose just happened to be having a Harry Potter party that day. There they were all dressed up as Harry Potter characters and performing little skits for the kids who really were only there for the free snacks. Professor Snape approached me and asked what I was doing and I told 'her' that I was there doing research for a class.
She then proceeded to interrogate me over my reading preferences and actually screamed at me when I told her that I had not read any of J.K.Rowling's books. She asked why and I told her that I wasn't into children's lit that I actually preferred to read adult non-fiction. She then berated me in front of the entire room and said that "Everyone should have to read Harry Potter because it was a classic !"
