What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[delwynmarch]

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Barbara bd-bear wrote:
> I think Snape COULD do this, and maybe some of the students do
> respond to that, but I think if he gets results from his students, it's
> more because they are afraid of him than because he is inspiring them 
> to do their best and go the extra mile.

Del replies :
I don't see those as being mutually exclusive. My horrible Maths
teacher in last year of high school terrorized me, but it only made me
work harder, to show her that I wasn't the stupido she thought I was,
and that I was as deserving of a good treatment as any of her pets.
She never treated me well, I don't think she ever truly realised that
I wasn't stupid (there was one fleeting moment when I really astounded
her, but I don't think it stayed with her), and I spent a miserable
year because of her, but I got very good results at my Final Exams.
And *this* is all that matters in the end, isn't it ? Because now I
don't remember the pain that much, I don't care about her that much (I
still do hate her, but nowhere as much as I did then), but I still
enjoy the benefits of having had good results at my finals. So was she
a nice teacher ? Nope. But was she a good teacher ? I have to say yes.

Del