Occlumency: Relax or resist? (Was: CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 29, Career Ad

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Kathryn:
> >  Snape might not be a nice person, but he is the only 
character who  is  perfect for this kind of training.  <<
> > 
Lupinlore:
> And yet, Dumbledore says, "It was a mistake not to teach you 
> myself."  I'm inclined to take Dumbledore at his word, that he 
would  have taught Harry himself had he not feared for Harry's 
safety, and  that he feels Snape was the second best choice.  
> 
> Well, we can go round and round with this one forever.  My own 
personal experience of both martial arts and rifle training was 
different than yours, so we'll just have to agree to disagree.  
Hopefully when the next book comes out Harry will have a 
different Occlumency teacher and we can see if Snape's method 
is universal or  idiosyncratic to him.<

Pippin:

I think we've established that there are different educational 
philosophies and that Snape's method is  used and accepted in 
the Real World, though some find it abhorrent and question its 
effectiveness. That being the case, the question for me is not 
whether this is idiosyncratic to Snape, because apparently it 
isn't. The question is whether he chose this method regardless 
of its chances of success because it would give him an excuse 
to attack Harry, or because it is the one he knows best and uses 
most effectively. 

We'd have to see him teaching occlumency to someone else to 
know that -- Draco, perhaps?

Pippin