[HPforGrownups] Re: What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[Irene]

No: HPFGUIDX 101469

My favourite Snape-basher is back! Welcome! :-)

darrin_burnett wrote:

> 
> He was told to do something, but never told why. For Harry, who for all his 
> bleating and 15-year-old self-centeredness deserved to know a bit more. 
> 
> And again, it is about trust. What exactly in Harry and Snape's relationship 
> would give him reason to trust Snape? 
> 
> And to answer the question, Harry did do his part to send the lessons off the 
> rails when he dove into the Pensieve. But you know what? Thanks to Snape, 
> it was a train wreck long before.

Can we perhaps compare Occlumency lessons not to Patronus, but to much 
more comparable Imperius?

Does Moody tell them why? Children, Dumbledore wants you to know. Is it 
good enough for Harry? Yes. Snape gave  him exactly the same reason, 
plus some more (Voldemort may try something), but it was not good enough.
Does Moody tell them how? No, nothing. He didn't mention the helpful 
little voice they should look for. Harry figured it out all by himself.
Snape actually gave him more instruction than Moody did.

The only difference in the lessons that can explain the difference in 
outcomes, in my opinion, is Harry's attitude to the teacher.
He liked Moody, he was eager to impress him, so he put some effort into 
it, for a change.

I don't see how it was  Snape's fault wrecking the lessons.

Irene