Why DD lets Snape be [a nasty git] (WAS Teachers and fairness)

[selkie1964]

No: HPFGUIDX 57484

Perhaps Snape has tenure.

I work in an educational institution and let me tell you, once a
teacher has tenure here, it's almost impossible to get rid of him/her
unless they commit an illegal act.  In fact, it's damn difficult (if
not impossible) to get them to change their teaching methods and ways
of interacting with students.  The Faculty Association (union) here is
*very* strong.

We have one teacher who makes a constant practice of embarrassing and
belittling students in his classes.  His retention rate is abysmal and
so is his student success rate.  However, he has tenure and is firmly
convinced that he is the only person in the department who has high
enough standards and teaches the subject correctly, so no matter how
many students complain (and they do, constantly) and no matter how
many students withdraw from his classes (and they do, at an alarming
rate), he continues all of his unsuccessful classroom practices and
there's really nothing anyone can do about it except wait for him to
retire.

If he were to get fired, he would sue the school and probably win.

Vera