Snapes punishing assignments are to help Harry?

[mclellyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 93185

I was listening to OOTP in the background at work and the Moonstone 
essay hit me as something to research.  (Yes, I am one of those 
strange creatures who love to research.  Wish I could get a job doing 
it, but I digress).  I was researching it to support my Snape-put-a-
stopper-in-Harry's-death-by-Voldie's-AK-so-Harry's-fame-should-be-
Snape's-fame theory, but instead what I found is that I think Snape 
was trying to help Harry out.  In looking up the properties of 
moonstone there is a protective quality for travelers, but the 
property that jumped out at me is it is to help with EMOTIONAL 
BALANCE.   Well, if in any book Harry needed help with emotional 
balance it was this one.  So did Snape assign it to help Harry with 
his temper and troubles with Umbridge?

So now I'm wondering, has anyone looked into the past assignments by 
Snape to see if they would have helped Harry?  Let me know!

Gadfly McLellyn who thought Snape was in it for himself, but may have 
to seriously rethink this.