What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 101691

Alla:
> It does not matter to me. To me there is NO good reason for which 
> person could be tormented. Snape wants to prepare Neville for real 
> life difficulties? How about talking to his other teachers  and 
> find out HOW you can prepare him in a  way it works best for the 
> boy, not for the Snape sadistic nature.
> snip.

Lady Macbeth:
> An effective teacher doesn't just teach them something that any of
> them could learn by reading a book, he (or she) teaches them how 
> to be a mature and capable person in the world they're going to be 
> living in as an adult.

Alla:
> Sorry, I don't believe that that is what Snape does.


I absolutely agree with Alla (Hi Alla, yes I am THAT Dzeytoun).  There 
is no excuse or justification for Snape's behavior, no way, no how, 
in no world.  He is not justified by his past, he is not justified by 
his mission, he is not justified by being a teacher.  He is inept, 
abusive, stupid, petty, shallow, cruel, and I certainly hope headed 
for a humiliating, painful, and well-deserved death.

Shaun has compared Snape with a horrible maths teacher.  Shaun, I am 
extremely glad for you that you found those teaching methods 
effective.  A similar teacher, however, put me in intensive therapy 
which cost me several years and many thousands of dollars.  

As I have said before, up until OOTP I would not have minded, as the 
story was told in terms of a fairy tale.  However, as the story takes 
a more realistic turn JKR's failure to deal more realistically with 
abuse and its effects cause me to lose an enormous amount of respect 
for her as a writer.

Dzeytoun