Snapes Attitude towards the Students

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 108212

HunterGreen:
> > Other than the comment about Hermione's teeth, is there any other 
> > particular *incident* he needs to be punished for?
 

SSSusan:
Oh, how I CANNOT believe I'm letting myself get drawn into this....  
Potioncat, Alla, you guys gonna add to this, or shall I hang out here 
by myself?  :-)

I've changed my tune a bit on Snape **at Hogwarts** from the woeful 
day when I foolishly coined the phrase "grade abuse". :-|  Folks much 
wiser than I have helped me see that while Snape would be out of MY 
school system [says the school board member] in a whipstitch, 
Hogwarts is not a public school in Indiana, and this is real life 
while Snape, Harry & Hogwarts reside in fiction.  SO... as a rule, 
I've stopped arguing about Snape's horrible teaching methods [though 
I still *itch* a little to join in when the topic skirts the idea of 
Snape's effectiveness, since I think it could be argued that he's 
least effective with the two he likely feels need to learn the most].

ANYWAY, with that preamble aside, I think the other time when Snape 
was clearly out of line was when Harry actually turned in a decent 
potion vial in OotP and Snape dropped it. "Whoops."  The problem?  
Who could ever prove that: 1) he noticed Hermione had cleaned Harry's 
cauldron already; and 2) he dropped it on purpose?  No one.  So while 
I *believe* this is another incident where Snape deserved some 
censure, it would never wash.

Siriusly Snapey Susan