What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[Trevor]

No: HPFGUIDX 101517

Alla:
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> Neville, on the other hand.... What, what exactly did he do to 
> Snape?  As far as we know his parents did not bully Snape at 
> school. :) Oh, I know... he is "incompetent" and Snape cannot 
> stand incompetence, right?
>
> Well, you know what, in this situation "look at the teacher first" 
> is definitely in order, IMO.
>
> Especially since we all know that Neville was always "competent" 
> in Herbology and he became much more confident in DADA after OoP. 
> Who was the teacher? Harry.
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I cannot agree more, however, it is not only Neville that Snape mistreats:
his behavior to others is awful- a teacher has no right to belittle or to
call names (calling Hermione a know-it-all in front of the DADA class in
POA).  I think his immature, petty, and constant bullying gets in the way of
his teaching.  How can Snape move on to potions that are more difficult when
a significant portion of his class is struggling?  Neville has problems in
his academics, but the OWL testing shows that it is his fear of Snape rather
than his abilities in potions that holds him back from doing well in the
class.  We do not see into other classes but testimony from other students,
Snape treats other classes no better.  Snape is a weak man corrupted in his
power over children.


Trevor