Snape & Harry

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 68368

Jennifer (there are many of us) wrote:

> I can certainly agree that Snape's treatment of Harry has been 
abominable, completely unprofessional and abusive. I am hoping against 
hope that this awful situation is in part a cover for Snape, to 
protect his true loyalties. But I can in no way condone Harry's 
intrusion into Snape's memories. That was unconscionable. True, it was 
also completely human but we live in a fallen world. Harry should have 
known better. He should have at the very least apologized. An eye for 
an eye and the whole world will be blind.>

and I, Jenny from Ravenclaw respond:

I cannot help but see this as a teacher (not that anyone would be 
surprised at this point).  If I decided that I hated a student the 
first day he walked into my room and treated him badly, evenutally 
he'd react to me.  Teenagers, like anyone else, really, are pretty 
quick to defend themselves and to lash out.  It's quite amazing that 
Harry isn't as rude to Snape as he was to Umbridge (I did love that, 
though).  

I've seen teachers in my school make it pretty clear that they do not 
like certain students.  Those are the very students who turn around 
and cause problems for those teachers.  Why? Because they don't feel 
that they need to treat those teachers with respect.  What a waste of 
time on the part of the teachers!  Snape can dislike Harry without 
giving so much of his own energy to it.  Really, Snape is going to 
give himself a heart attack from focusing on how much Harry irritates 
him.  If he had ever given Harry  a chance, I think things would be 
just fine between the two of them, the Occlumency lessons would have 
been more successful, and Harry might have exercised more self-control 
and turned away from the Pensieve.

As invasive as Harry was, Snape set things in motion and that's just 
the way it is.  I'm never surprised when I find out about the kid who 
blew his top in the class of the teacher who wouldn't stop picking on 
him.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who would love to have kids like Harry in her 
classes *******************************