Is Snape confident?

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 86271

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nora Renka" <nrenka at y...> 
wrote:
> Snape is good when you need and want iron control.  But in a 
> discussion-based class?  No way.  And note that even Fake!Moody 
asks 
> questions, and they have some discussion about what the curses are 
> and mean--it's not only Lupin's teaching style.


Who ever said that one teacher filling in for another was required to 
teach in the same style? DADA is not by definition a 'discussion 
based class'. With Lupin it was, with fakeMoody it seems to have been 
to some extent. With Umbridge it was not. With Snape I am guessing it 
would be Practical, but not much discussion, similar to Potions.

This Snape filling in for Lupin has been discussed before and I've 
posted on it before but suffice it to say, there are a lot of 
teachers who would have "treated" Hermione's insufferable know-it-all 
behaviour similarly. Perhaps not as gruffly but I've said, and have 
heard teachers have to say ad nauseum, "Yes, I'm sure you know. Let's 
let someone else have a chance this time." Eventually the chronic 
hand-waver gets ignored. Sorry but that's life. Students like that 
annoy then discourage other students who are less sure of their 
abilities.
Is that what Snape is thinking? Probably not, but that's what happens 
in classrooms. 
Assigning the werewolf essay? Snape at his finest (or worst depending 
on your mood). "Okay Miss Smarty, let's see what you can make of 
this, shall we?" He knew he wouldn't have to say a damned thing. DD 
and likely the whole staff knew how Snape felt about hiring a 
werewolf as a teacher and I'm willing to bet many parents, who would 
NOT have had the personal history Severus had with Lupin would agree 
with him if they had known about it. My guess is he was hoping word 
would simply spread around the common-rooms on its own...a few owls 
home... 

Mel,  stroking a white persian cat