Snape's Self-Perception as Teacher

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Jessica wrote: 
> I've been following the Snape teacher threads with great interest, as 
> it's a subject near and dear to my heart.  (Teaching, not Snape.  Oh, 
> who am I kidding?)  At any rate, in all of this talk about Snape and 
> good vs. bad teaching, I've been wondering:  how does Snape view 
> himself as a teacher?  


Potioncat:
Snape believes he is Merlin's gift to the WW and is upset that not only 
does no one appreciate him, but other less tallented wizards get the 
glory.

Having said that,


He's followed Slughorn as Potions Master. Snape knew his students' 
names pretty much at the first lesson. Slughorn still doesn't know 
Ron's name by March. Snape's students seem to be more advanced that 
Slughorn's were (based on Umbridge's comment) and have a higer rate of 
passing marks (based on Snape's comments, and open to interpretation.) 
Snape knows potions and it seems to me Hermione is more successful with 
potion making under Snape's instructions than under Slughorn's.

So I think Snape thinks he is a good teacher. He knows the information, 
he presents it in a better way than the text. Quite a few do well in 
his class, so anyone who doesn't must be a dunderhead.

Does he like teaching? I doubt it.