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

[Trevor]

No: HPFGUIDX 101493

The dynamic that reveals Snape's character is not that between him and
Harry, but between him and other students.  I can buy Snape's personal
grudge against Harry as a unique situation occurring simply because of their
history.  However, I cannot forgive his bullying others as well, especially
Neville.  Even if he has a personal grudge against Neville, it betrays a
pattern (rather than a unique situation) and leads me to believe that Snape
should not be responsible for the education of any child regardless of his
talent.  I am not saying he is an evil person, nor that DD trust in him is
misplaced.  He may pass on great Potions knowledge but the harm he does to
children is criminal- on par with the Dursleys.

 

Trevor