Snape vs. RW (was: Harry) (was: What if other teachers behaved like Snape?)

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> SSSusan:
> Del, I'm sure this has been said before in arguments over Snape's 
> teaching methods, but for some reason it has really struck me 
today 
> in your words.  I think you're right.  And I think I am beginning 
to 
> understand why Teacher!Snape bothers Jenny and me and other 
teachers 
> out there more than he bothers some others:  we teach (or taught) 
and 
> we can't STAND to see someone who clearly is an excellent teacher 
in 
> some ways be such an awful teacher in other ways.  It hits home 
> harder w/ those of us who've been there perhaps.  I truly cannot 
> fathom a teacher "getting away with" what Snape gets away with.  
> Parents or administrators would step in.  Students would rebel.  
> 
> But Snape at Hogwarts is not RL.  It's hard to let go of 
the, "Well, 
> he SHOULD be able to change" or "He's an adult in a position of 
> authority & responsibility--it's his JOB to see that he's 
> effective."  I mean, did I ever dislike a student?  Well, yeah.  
Did 
> I ever show it?  Not if I could help it.  Did I call students for 
> misbehaving, not listening, being lazy, not completing 
assignments, 
> having inappropriate attitudes?  You betcha.  Did I use extreme 
> sarcasm or smart ass remarks to do so?  No, I did not.  So Snape's 
> nastiness to Harry, Neville & Hermione pisses me off.  
> 
> It's harder to step back from it when you've lived it, and the 
> tendency to compare is strong.  But I'll bet I can enjoy Snape 
more 
> if I can manage to do so. :-)


Potioncat:
Quick!  Whoever wrote that is using polyjuice!  That cannot be 
SSSusan!  ;-)  Honestly, I've never seen you so soft on 
Teacher!Snape.

I do agree though that personal training comes in.  I had some very 
unkind thoughts for Madam Pomfrey when Harry found the note in 
Hermione's hand.  Just what kind of nursing care were those patients 
getting!?  Obviously not range of motion or baths!

Potioncat