What's wrong with being bad ?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 102164

Barbara bd-bear wrote :
> Also, with all due respect, just because there are worse ways of 
> teaching, in your opinion, does NOT justify Snape's methods of 
> teaching.

Del replies :
In my opinion, if a method works and the kids don't all end up in
Hospital because they can't stand the idea of going to one more
lesson, then those methods are valid, period. Not nice, not plesant,
not necessary most of the time, but valid.

Barbara bd-bear wrote :
> I grant you this is the WW, and JKR wrote things this way for a 
> purpose, which is why I don't get in these debates much. But I am 
> alarmed when I read your posts as it seems you are advocating some 
> excessively harsh teaching methods. Really none of us on this list 
> know what you went through or can say what did and didn't work for 
> you.

Del replies :
As a matter of fact, I DO know what Shaun went through. But because it
wasn't as intense for me as for him, I never mentioned it. But I too
suffered from the classic methods of teaching. Not in a painful way,
just in the results : I un-learned to work, to be my best or to want
good marks. I stated school as an eager student, and turned in a few
years into a lazy slob. Needless to say, it led to my utter failure in
University. And to think that I was the most brilliant student in my
primary school...

Barbara bd-bear wrote :
> We can only speak to the HP world, and as far as that world goes, 
> Snape DOES abuse Harry and Neville, he DOES disrespect them, he
> DOES unfairly punish them and that is what a lot of people are 
> reacting to. I personally can't see how anybody with a real-live 
> Snape-like teacher could benefit from that.

Del replies :
I would, because I would make sure I knew all my lessons by heart and
had made my homework perfectly, just so as not to give that teacher
*any* weapon. He would find others anyway, but at least he couldn't
say I was looking for it. The fault would be entirely his, so I could
hate him peacefully. I still remember the face of my Maths teacher
when I did so well in a national Maths challenge, it gave me such a
savage pleasure...

Del