Snape as a teacher

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 98159

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" 
> Because of the books' settings, a lot of the people from outside 
Hogwarts that we see are Ministry wizards (and we see a little of 
the internal workings of the Ministry via Arthur and Percy). But 
there's never any mention of what House they were in at school.
> 
> I find that a bit surprising, though it may just be because we're 
seeing things through Harry's eyes rather than what goes on 
when he's not around.

> While they've been in school, they've been in an environment 
where the first loyalty is to their House, with the regular and 
engrained competition for the House Cup, the Quidditch Cup, 
and for the esteem of the Head of House.
> 
> So shouldn't that automatically carry forward to the Ministry? 

Pippin:
I don't think it does. The older kids don't seem to care very much 
about the House Cup. I think most adult wizards see the House 
rivalry as something they've outgrown--to still be concerned 
about your house standings as an adult would be a bit like 
Bagman running around in his old Wimbourne Wasps 
uniform--rather gauche, I should think. 

The older students are mostly concerned with their OWLs and 
NEWTs, and nobody seems to associate exam grades with 
Houses. Even when Lucius is giving Draco a hard time about his 
grades in CoS, he doesn't say it's a shame that a Gryffindor beat 
him. 

As for the reputation of ex-Slytherins generally, there is no one 
more concerned about popularity than Cornelius Fudge. If 
hanging around with ex-Slytherins would expose him to 
badmouthing in the press, he wouldn't do it.
 

I don't think a Slytherin boss would want  many other Slytherins 
underneath him--he'd be better off with Hufflepuffs.

Pippin