What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 101596

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> I do wonder what would happen if Snape were to have treated 
beloved 
> Draco as he had treated Harry, Neville & Hermione.  Would Draco 
run 
> to daddy and demand something be done about it?  Would Lucius be 
the 
> parent to finally force the issue w/ DD?  At this point, that's 
the 
> ONLY scenario I can imagine in which Snape would be reprimanded 
for 
> his teaching methods, and, well, I really CAN'T see it happening.  
> 
> (Hmmmm.  Or would Lucius tell Draco to buck up...or just go have a 
> talk w/ Severus himself?  Interesting to contemplate....)

You don't need to contemplate at all.
In CoS (Don't have the book so can't give chapter and verse) we find 
out, from Lucius, that Hermione got higher grades than Draco (and 
everyone else). He takes that at face value and as meaning a 
muggleborn performed better in class (in which her teacher "hates" 
her) than his son (in the same class but in this case the 
teacher "likes" Draco.). Does Lucius blame Snape? Hermione has 
outscored Draco in EVERY class so Snape's 'like' or 'dislike' is 
rather a wash in this case.  (Does anyone here think any othe HW 
teachers are 'favoring' Slytherins? No, I thought not.) You'd think 
it would be the perfect opportunity for Lucius to start a Dumbledore 
bashing session harping on how he 'encourages mudbloods' by 
requiring teachers to be 'easy' on them.

Oh, as far as the claims that Snape *likes* Draco--I have yet to see 
any *real* canon proof of Snape *liking* Draco. I think, for him, 
Draco is means a to an end, like everything else.


Mel