[HPforGrownups] Hermione and Snape. Was: Re: Accio 2005 press releaseTrial of Snape

[Irene]

No: HPFGUIDX 128315



dumbledore11214 wrote:

> 
> You mentioned Shaun in this post. We had similar discussions with 
> him. I remember him saying that for some children ( and for him also) 
> Snape like methods worked.
> 
> That is fine, but I strongly believe that if such teacher manages at 
> the same time severely traumatise some students or even ONE the price 
> of such education is too high.
> 
> You see, even IF Snape manages to beat into some students 
> or into many students his subject, but at the same time some of his 
> students  even ONE will end up.... oh, I don't know, for RL 
> comparison let's say in mental facility as a pure result of his 
> actions , I would NOT consider him to be a good teacher.

You are hinting at Neville, aren't you? :-)
Lots of people hope that some external force will change Snape/Neville 
dynamics, for example, Dumbledore will tell Snape to soften his methods 
or something like that.
In my opinion, it will be really insulting for Neville. The only 
Gryffindor way out of it would be his personal growth, and the promise 
was there in OoTP. What I hope for in book 6, is the new brave and 
competent Neville, who does not lose it when Snape as much as looks in 
his direction. The only way Neville can prove anything to himself (and 
to Snape, if he cares) is by producing decent potions under pressure.


> THEN of course students won't have much to complain about, because 
> they chose  to stay in his class.
> My guess will be that not too many will stay though. :-)

I'd bet you 100 galleons that Hermione would stay. She wants to prove 
her worth to Snape like mad. She just does it the wrong way, same 
problem as with house elfs - good intentions, bad tactics.

> 
> Yes, I know that we won't have much of a story then.

Exactly. This is a boarding school story, and such a story must have 
your old evil Latin master.

Irene