What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 101193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> 
wrote:
> You mean, like every other lesson with HARRY. And this is my point 
> exactly: this wasn't just any other lesson. It had far-reaching 
> implications for the war effort, and Snape knew it (while Harry 
> though it had implications only for his own safety). Even if all 
the 
> other lessons were the DD & Snape double act (which I don't 
believe), 
> this was the time to let the double act off for a time. Snape 
could 
> have appreciated that. He is far from being stupid. As DD says, he 
> just can't overcome his feelings.
> 
I have the impression that Snape has ALWAYS been a martinet.  Nobody 
messes with him, and all the students are quiet and fearful of 
getting on his bad side - and this was probably the case during the 
years before Harry got to Hogwarts, when play-acting wouldn't have 
been as necessary for Snape.  For example, with all their pranks and 
goofing off, does anyone remember a moment when Fred and George 
tried to pull a joke in Snape's class?  I think even they knew 
better than to tangle with him.  We see his unfairness to Harry, and 
because we know more backstory than the characters in the books, we 
can create theories about why he does what he does.  But it's 
interesting that nobody in the books does this.  The other students 
don't act shocked or perplexed that Snape is picking on Harry 
Potter, they just keep their heads down and are grateful that it 
isn't happening to them.  Maybe this is because Snape has always 
done this sort of thing, and he's known to be a teacher who can 
target students he doesn't like - he's acting entirely in character. 
This year it's Potter, maybe the year before it was Jenkins, and the 
year before that it was Judkins, etc.  Its always bound to be 
SOMEONE.

Wanda