OoP(Spoilers) Snape as teacher

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 67071

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "xnavyguy73" <tcinc at c...> wrote:
>>>      I agree with that statment, If u can follow directions then 
u 
> can be a Potions Master, then why arn't all chefs Master Chefs???  
> There are a lot of nuances involved in Brewing, Cooking, Chemestry, 
> and all kinds of ingredent mixing.  The subtlety involved in 
> Chemestry "Potion Making", is intense, and exacting.  Such as blend 
> the sulpher slowly and evenly with the bat saliva...  now if you've 
> never been shown how to do it "slowly and evenly" then the 
> possability of doing it wrong is extreamly good. So the 
potion/dinner 
> is runed...  So yes it is a bunch of step by step instructions but 
> they also needs a practice use to know how some of those more 
> suffisticated steps are done...


And it's worth noting, though apparently some haven't, that Snape 
does NOT give his instructions then go sit at his desk and do the 
crossword. He is CONSTANTLY moving among the students and is always 
said, when mentioned (while not berating Harry and co.), to be 
bending over so-and-so's caudlron. What, people, do you think he's 
doing? 
We see VERY few potions classes. I think we get...three ? in this 
book? They have it at least twice a week, we're only told about the 
ones Harry gets upset in. And every single time he screws up his 
potion it's because he's minding someone else's business.

As much as I like Snape, he's not a nice person! Who ever said he was?
He's likely not the best teacher around either--he's doing a job he'd 
rather not do in a subject he'd rather not, apparently, teach. He's 
not the "fun" teacher who brings a guitar to class and teaches by 
letting kids play "Jeopardy!". But guess what? All his students pass!

And I have to admit. As mean, nasty, horrible, and despicable 
that "Whoops!" was when Harry's sample "fell" off the desk, I laughed 
out loud. I laughed out loud the second time I read it and I laugh 
when I think about it now. 

...sorry harry, an accident. just like when you accidently fell into 
my pensieve...


Melpomene