OoP(Spoilers) Snape as teacher

[sjlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 67089

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
>Today the wizarding world has 
> commercial potions like Sleekeasy's and Mrs. Scours, so maybe 
> most wizards really don't need to know elementary 
> potion-making any longer.I expect  the students who don't need it 
> for  their careers  blow it off, infuriating Snape who hates to see 
> anything done badly. 

Ummm ... perhaps it's a little like mathematics. Who needs to learn 
to add when we have calculators and computers at our fingertips? But 
it IS extremely important to understand the logic and way of thought 
involed with mathematics. I remember more than one math teacher 
becoming very cross because students continually asked 'why do we 
need to learn this stuff? We'll never use it in real life?' There 
could be parallels with potions.


sjlupin (who happens to have a bachelors degree in mathematics! :)