Snape's Teaching Sytle (WAS: Re: A detailed analysis of Snape's hatred of Harry (S.N.O.T.)

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

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In a message dated 1/1/2003 9:03:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:

> but at this point in the series, I
> don't find Snape's treatment of Harry justifiable at all. He is a
> teacher, Harry is his student. In my opinion, his personal 
> feelings
> should not matter one bit. It is his problem, not Harry's.

(I've been sick lately, so I haven't been following the threads too closely. Sorry if any of you have Deja vu ^^;) 

I think Snape's teaching style is entirely justifiable, though not in the way you want it to be. This may just be MHO (note the sarcasm, please), but I don't think Snape likes teaching. I think he's just doing it for Dumbledore's sake.  

Snape is a great pessimist. Instead of making the best of his situation, he does all he can to make the worst of it. 

Let's look at the case of Neville Longbottom. I imagine Snape gets extremely frustrated with the boy because he never seems to grasp anything. Snape just doesn't have the patience to be a teacher, and I don't imagine he's going to try to gain that patience because he's so pessimistic about his situation. 

Now, I'm not saying this makes the way he teaches right in any way. However, it is a reason. 

~Cassie~