Teacher stereotypes (love them!)

[seraphina_snape]

No: HPFGUIDX 84820

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jjpandy" <jjpandy at y...> wrote:
> As a teacher myself, I love JKR's uses of teacher stereotypes to 
> create a balanced school faculty.  McGonagal is the strict, but fair 
> teacher.  Snape is mean and plays favorites.  Binn is dull and 
> monotonous.  Flitwick, Hooch and Sprout are good teachers, probably 
> remembered fondly by those students who favored those particular 
> subjects.  Lupin was kind, knowledgable, and respected (except by 
> Slytherins). Mad-eye Moody (or who we thought was Moody)was scary, 
> yet entertaining at the same time. Dumbledore is the beloved 
> Headmaster/Principal. Hagrid is the first-time teacher whose heart is 
> in the right place even if his lesson-planning skills need work. 
> 

sera says:
I absolutely agree. When I read "Philosopher's Stone" again last week,
I thought: "Wow, Snape is just like that mean maths teacher you had in
10th grade" or "Yes, I know a McGonagall myself". Rowling creates
stereotypes. But that we actually find those in real life just shows
how much our society is build upon certain, er, stereotypes. When I
think back to my school days, I can certainly name the "good" and the
"Bad" teachers, the "mean" and the "nice" ones, and I could compare
them to Hogwarts' teachers. 

sera