How should Harry deal with Snape? (was: Why Snape doesn't have to be human)

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> Melpomene wrote: 
> 
> <snip> The day we stepped into the story, Snape was Snape as we see 
> him. Basically, Harry (along with the readership) just has to DEAL 
> WITH IT.

Neri now:
OK, we are all here much wiser than Harry, and if we were in his 
place, we would have known EXACTLY how to deal with Snape. Right? We 
would have, er, we would have... erm... do what???

I surely don't know.

Does anybody have an idea, how should Harry deal with Snape? I don't 
mean "should" from the moral point-of-view, I mean from the practical 
point of view. Assume Harry is ready to give up his pride and forgive 
Snape everything. Assume Harry recognizes that Snape won't change and 
it is pointless to expect him to. But what should Harry do, how 
should he behave, in order to get from Snape a reasonable treatment? 
What can Harry do that would actually work?

Neri