[HPforGrownups] Re: What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 101791

| From: dumbledore11214
| Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 22:06 PM
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|
[Alla wrote]:
| I can absolutely buy Snape's grudge against James, definitely, but
| not against Harry.
|
| Well, at least Harry stands up for himself most of the times.
|
|
| 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.
|
|
| I guess fifteen year old can teach better than Snape does. :o)

[Lee]:
Yeah, Alla, and I can agree from personal experience. :-)

And, what was the thing Neville feared in POA?  Uh...well...Snape!  And
Lupin didn't laugh or criticize him for that, either.  Lupin just helped him
create a very funny image for the Riddikulus charm.

What I'm getting at is that trying to learn from someone who terrifies you
and makes you feel small may work for some folk; for others, especially
sensitive types, such humiliations on the part of a teacher are more likely
to cause the student to (1) withdraw and close down; (2) fight back.

There be my knut in the pot. :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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