FF: Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, and flaws in the books

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No: HPFGUIDX 106364

> HunterGreen:
> Not really. I was more curious to those who think his teaching 
> methods are horrible and those who think there might be some reason 
> that Dumbledore is allowing it, what do you think should be done 
> about it? Personally, I don't think anything *needs* to be done 
about 
> it, because the situation is not spinning out of control; meaning 
> that the students are learning, and no one is getting scarred by 
his 
> insults (just my opinion only, I don't want this to spin into 
another 
> Snape debate). For those who *disagree*, what should be done to him?
> 

Well, I agree that nothing can probably be done about Snape for 
political reasons, although I agree with Alla that he should be 
removed from Hogwarts the moment his services as a spy are no longer 
needed.  However, something probably could be done for his students.  
That is Neville in particular, who even much more than Harry has 
never had a chance in Potions.  I would be very pleased if, should 
Neville scrape by with at least an A on his OWL, he were offered the 
chance to study for a Potions NEWT under another tutor.  I am sure 
there are other students for whom this would be a fair policy as well.

Indeed, I think much of the problem many of us have with Snape is 
that he is the ONLY option for taking potions at Hogwarts and 
students have to take him EVERY year (a mathematical impossibility, 
by the way, as there aren't enough hours in the week for Snape to 
teach that many potions sections).  If students had another option 
for fulfilling their potions studies, or if they only had to endure 
Snape say two years out of the seven, then most of the objections 
would dry up.  So perhaps a very good answer to what should be done 
about Severus is that Dumbledore should hire another potions teacher 
in addition to Snape. 

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