What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 101785

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evita2fr" <Snarryfan at a...> wrote:
>  
> > Neri wrote:
> >
> >  Just, say, going for less painful 
> > memories at start 
> 
> Christelle:
> 
> "The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at 
> leisure. Toughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be 
> perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing
> [...]It is true, however, that those who have mastered Legilimency 
> are able, under, certain conditions, to delve into the minds of their 
> victims and to interpret their finding correctly."
> 
> Who said that Snape could *choose* the memories?

Annemehr:
It seems certain to me that Snape was able to choose to call up
*painful* memories in general. Otherwise, we would have seen plenty of
random boring and happy memories mixed in: Harry brushing his teeth,
Harry doing homework, Harry flying...

And yes, Cho kissing Harry was a painful memory (at least in part)
because of how extremely uneasy he felt at the time.

I don't mean this as an argument against the way Snape taught
Occlumency (obviously, Harry would have more motivation to repel Snape
when the memories were painful). It's more a point about what
Legilimency might be able to do.

Annemehr