Snape & Harry

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 68501

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
>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 *******************************

Jenny,
I think I suffer from wanting Harry to be as good as I think he is. 
Seeing that horrendous memory of Snape's was at least as damaging to 
Harry as it was to Snape. It was a cruel memory. But to my mind, some 
attempt at an apology would have been the most courageous and brave 
thing to have done. If these two are to ever bury their differences, 
it will be a huge moment and I guess I can't blame JKR for putting it 
off for another day. Snape, no doubt, has treated Harry very badly. I 
just wanted Harry to rise above it and maybe that was too much to ask 
for now.
Jennifer (how many of us are there?)