[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's teaching style

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 16627

> but I think Snape goes beyond being merely just mean. 
> He is a bully, he is malicious, he shows favouritism, he punishes 
> needlessly, he doesn't encourage the brighter children in the
> class, 
> he is sadistic (I have never forgiven him for his "I see no 
> difference" comment to Hermione, on her teeth - that was extremely 
> spiteful and unprofessional)...it goes on and on.  

We'll accept that in the "solid grasp of his subject" department,
Snape is a good teacher.  He no doubt views Dumbledore's keeping him
on as proof that he's a good teacher.

But JKR said somewhere that Dumbledore believes that students should
have wide experiences in life and one of those experiences is bad
teachers like Snape (not a direct quote).  

How deflating Snape would find it if he knew that!

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