Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[justcarol67]

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Joj wrote: 
> <snip> Harry was certainly wrong to go in Snapes pensive, no
question about it.  I hardly think, however, that Harry's offense is
worse than anything Snape has done to him.  
> 
> Snape is the worst kind of bully.  He dosen't bully adults or equals
of any kind.  He bullies children who has he has certain control of
because of his job.  That's a coward in my book.  Nothing he has done
for the Order or against Voldemort makes his bullying ok.
> 
> I hope Harry does apologize to Snape.  It will give us just one more
example of how much better of a person Harry is than Snape.
> 
> 
> Joj, who enjoys the character of Snape, but sees his faults for what
they are.


Without apologizing for Snape (whose faults I recognize though he's my
favorite character), his is not the *worst* kind of bullying. That
dubiuos distinction is reserved for Umbridge, who physically abuses
students. Filch, though not a professor, would torture students if he
could, and Imposter!Moody punished Draco by turning him into a ferret.
There are degrees of abuse here, and Snape does at least limit himself
to intimidation and ridicule. I wish that, as someone mentioned a
while back, that we could see him with the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.
I very much doubt that he abused Cedric Diggory, but unfortunately
there's no way to know.

Carol, who wishes that Snape's knowledge of teaching methods equalled
his knowledge of his subject matter, including not just potions but
magic in general