OoP - Occlumency - A case for Evil!Snape?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 66828

Melpomene:

> That you're a damned fine teacher! 
> Isn't that the POINT? 
> Or are we to assume that for the rest of their lives no Hogwarts 
> student will be able to whip up a potion -- or perform ANY magic if 
> it comes down to that -- without a professor standing over them?
> 


Neville does well in Potions for the first time in five years when Snape is out of 
the room, yet is terrified when Snape is in the room, thanks to Snape's 
bullying, which takes place not only in his own classroom, but in Lupin's class 
AND in an extracurricular activity Lockhart is moderating.

Seems to me like Snape is the problem and Neville will do quite nicely with 
his potions in the real world.

Snape's method of teaching was illustrated quite nicely in OoP.

Write some stuff on the board, tell the class to follow it and then and then 
berate anyone who gets it wrong. Oh, I left out destroying a student's work 
because the student did something to anger you outside of the classroom.

Hagrid could do that. As could Trelawney. Hell, Filch could do it, except he'd 
have to write the ingredients instead of waving his wand.

Darrin
-- Can't wait to see Jenny's reaction on this one ;)