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

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No: HPFGUIDX 87995

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> 
> 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

Sue B:

Don't we all! But to be fair, none of the teachers at Hogwarts seems 
to have any actual teaching qualifications. There are some "natural" 
teachers such as McGonagall, Flitwick, the emergency teacher 
Grubbly-Plank and, of course, Lupin, but in real life, even the 
natural teachers need a little help from training. You have to know 
more than just your subject. And if you're like Snape, probably
better 
off in research than the classroom, you'd need more than a little 
help. Hogwarts seems to be, for him at least, a refuge from Voldemort 
- or perhaps a place where he will be safe while he works against 
Voldemort under the leadership of Dumbledore. This is not a very good 
reason for hiring a teacher, but there you are. If there's a WW 
teachers' college we have never been told about it and just imagine 
trying to get into a Muggle university to study Potions Education!;-)