What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 101353

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> 1) Hermione appears to be the ONLY student who actually did the 
werewolf 
> lesson, so Harry's "sin" in omitting a lesson that was recanted as 
soon as 
> Lupin returned was shared by the rest of the class as well.
> 
> 2) Let us not let this discussion go by with a comment on how 
reprehensible it 
> was for Snape to attempt to "out" his fellow teacher in that 
manner. (Later, he 
> just blatantly does it.) 


Mel:
You didn't answer the questions. Attempts at distraction will win 
you no points.

1. Tell me just what intimately private information of Lupin's did 
> > Harry pry into?

The fact that Harry didn't DO his homework is not a very good 
excuse, it rather goes to my point.


Darrin:
2) Let us not let this discussion go by with a comment on how 
reprehensible it was for Snape to attempt to "out" his fellow 
teacher in that manner. (Later, he  just blatantly does it.) 

Mel:
Irrelevant to this conversation. No one is denying that Snape outed 
Lupin, but it's got nothing to do with this.


I disagree with you that Harry had no 'goal' in beginning Occlumency 
lessons. I've heard this argument before and it never washes. I used 
the same one trying to get out of Algebra and it didn't work then, 
either. (I could be snarky here and say he had a goal of not 
learning it because it was Snape). He was instructed clearly by 
DUMBLEDORE to pay attention, work hard and do everything his teacher 
told him to do. When he whined about it this assertion was backed up 
by..OH! Lupin! Whaddya know!  Harry's goal was to LEARN OCCLUMENCY 
TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. Harry's goal was to CLOSE HIS MIND FROM 
VOLDEMORT. That's what he was told by Dumbledore, Snape, and Lupin. 
That should have been enough. Next you're going to claim he thought 
that the 'real' reason he was being made to learn 
Occlumency was to be found in Snape's Pensieve.

Harry's had 5 years to get familiar with Snape's teaching style for 
better or worse. You'd think by now he'd have figured out he's not 
going to get a sweet every time he answers a question correctly.

BTW, Dumbledore does not blame Snape for the lesson failures, he 
blames himself.


Mel