Lupin as a teacher/Snape as teacher

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> houyhnhnm:
> 
> Snape shows much more professionalism than some of the other staff.
 
As 
> a teacher myself, I was appalled at Lupin's unprofessional behavior 
> when he set up a colleague for ridicule in the boggart lesson.  
> Absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances.  Snape has half of 
> what it takes to be a good teacher--a passion for his subject.  He 
> lacks the other half--compassion for his students.  Actually, I'm
not 
> too impressed with the teaching methods of any of the staff at 
> Hogwarts.  They don't seem to have any.  "Here's what I want you to 
> do.  Figure it out for yourself."


Alla:

I said many times  that I LOVED Lupin's boggart lesson. I did not
take 
it as a mockery of Snape or if it was it was an extra bonus, IMO.

I am positive that Lupin's primary motivation was to help Neville,
NOT 
to mock Snape.

If you remember Snape has NO hesitation whatsoever to mock Neville in 
front of the whole class AND  his colleague. Lupin was IMO responding 
to help Neville to sterngthen his shattered self-esteem. I don't
think 
Lupin even knew that Neville's boggart would be Snape.

I have the link to my old post about Lupin's teaching methods at home
a 
and may post it later.

I find it VERY telling that narrator points out that Neville was 
laughing at Snape at the end.

Even if it was a boggart Snape, to me it was a great start.

So, I do think that Hogwarts teaching staff overall makes huge 
mistakes, BUT in general I find Lupin and Minerva to be very good 
teachers.

JMO,

Alla