Snape as teacher - Opening Gambits quiz

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 16996

Lea wrote:

>Remember in PoA, in the Shrieking shack scene, Lupin tells Sirius 
>Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts, and Sirius is extremely surprised.

Sirius does not, however, seem very surprised that Lupin is.  We can 
take this as a sign that Lupin is a born teacher, which is obvious in 
any case.  But I wondered about it for another reason:  when Lupin 
bursts into the Shrieking Shack, is it the first time Sirius has any 
idea that he is at Hogwarts?  I find this very intriguing 
emotionally--of all the things to happen, his other best friend comes 
rushing up the stairs, looking 12 years older but otherwise talking to 
him as if they'd seen each other yesterday.  And his being the one to 
apprehend him, although it rapidly develops that that's not what Lupin 
is there for.

It's possible, of course, that Sirius saw him at a Quidditch match.

Anyway, back to your point . . . I laughed out loud when I read "Let´s 
face it: this guy is a pedagogical nightmare," and if a kid of mine 
were put in a class with Snape I'd pull him/her out before you could 
blink, but I doubt that Sirius's surprise has to do with Snape being 
an unthinkable teacher.  It is just very unlikely that any particular 
schoolmate is going to end up a teacher at your old school.

>So I think the question of Snape´s teaching qualifications and 
>qualities should be settled - there are none, that´s all.

Settled, right . . . when Snape ice-dances to "Bolero" in hell.  
Something tells me this subject is not closed.


Caius, I hope you're going to post the answers to your quiz?  

Here's one that you didn't include, probably because it's too easy, 
but I thought it was so funny that it deserved a mention:  "I'm not 
Fred, I'm George."

Amy Z

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 "And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school 
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