[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape/Neville/Trevor

[SeventhSqueal]

No: HPFGUIDX 53047



First of all, Finwitch, I loved your explanation of
why Hagrid hangs out in Knockturn alley. I knocked
myself on the head and said "Of course."

Now on to a suggestion of why Snape is such an
impatient and bullying teacher. My guess is that Snape
is much too over-qualified a potions master to be
teaching rudimentary potions to children. He knows his
stuff but he's not teacher material. Being a good
teacher is a talent. He does obviously have the
aptitude for the art/skill/science of potion making.
What seems second nature and obvious to people with
the talent is obscure, tedious, and arcane to those
who don't have the gift. He has to down-shift from
whatever advanced projects he's used to working on to
try and teach the most rudimentary skills that he can
perform in his sleep to children. I think he's only
teaching at Hogwarts because he's safe there and close
to Dumbledore.


=====
~SeventhSqueal

There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it snowing? / Is a hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing!

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more
http://taxes.yahoo.com/