Stopping Occlumency

[Alex Boyd]

No: HPFGUIDX 114665


Oh, and here's another random thought--eductional decree number 26,
banning all teachers from giving students information not "strictly
related to the subjects they are paid to teach" is in effect by the
time Snape refuses to teach Harry Occlumency anymore.  And Dumbledore
is gone.  I'm not totally sure, in Snape's place, that I would be
entirely willing to *break the law* to teach a student I didn't like,
and who didn't like me.  Particularly when the student in question
hates the lessons.  *We*, since we have been inside Harry's head for
the last five years, know that he's not about to run to Umbridge and
say "Snape's violating Eductional Decree 26 every week by teaching me
Occlumency."  But does Snape know that?  I know that the Pensive thing
is the instigating incident for his stopping the lessons, but that
doesn't mean he wasn't looking for an excuse to stop *breaking the
law* in order to conduct them.  With Dumbledore in hiding, he's not
necessarilly going to be able to stop Snape getting sacked (or worse)
for doing it.  

Alex