Snape's Attitude towards the Students

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 108293

This post is very interesting.  However, it brings up a whole OTHER 
set of problems:

> HunterGreen:
> Hmm, I cannot (reasonably) argue 
> that Snape has ever acted like a wonderful teacher to Harry, but I 
> think that's only one case. If it were a normal school, Harry might 
> be able to take potions from a different teacher (Snape teaching 
> Harry is a conflict of interests, really), but that doesn't work 
> here. 

As I have said before, the biggest problem with Severus is that he is 
the ONLY option, and the best way to deal with him would be to hire 
another potion teacher, or two.  However, the REAL problem it brings 
up is yet another slip of the numbers.  Unless Severus is using a 
Time Turner, there is simply NO WAY for him to teach every potions 
section at Hogwarts.

> > 
> (btw SSSusan, and everyone else, I don't personally agree with 
> Snape's methods at all, I just don't think he's done anything that 
> violates the rules of his society)

Yes, but he HAS done lots of things that violate the values 
Dumbledore professes, which makes his tolerance of Snape puzzling at 
best and reprehensible at worst.  And I don't buy the whole 
Dumbledore bound by the rules of his society explanation.  The rules 
of wizarding society have never seemed particularly constricting on 
Dumbledore in other cases, why should they be in this case?

Besides this brings up another HUGE problem (not with your argument, 
necessarily, but with the logic of canon).  Hogwarts has a large 
number of muggleborns and half-bloods who are members of a society 
with VERY different rules.  Why aren't they screaming to high-heaven 
about Snape?

Dzeytoun