Is Snape a good teacher?

[davenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 132542

<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> Many people defend Snape's treatment of Harry on the basis that he 
> cannot treat the boy decently because Voldemort will realise that he 
> is the double agent.
> 
> Now, this argument never worked for me in the first place.

I agree.  I just read a scene in GoF, where Snape accuses Harry of 
stealing gillyweed and boomslang skin (in CoS). It takes place during 
class, but Snape speaks quietly so only he can here, and he calls him 
a nasty little boy.  Time after time he is thwarted by Harry and knows 
it, and he hates him.  This isn't an act he is putting on for the 
Slytherin's sake so they tell their Daddy Death Eaters that Snape is 
the real deal.  He really hates Harry.  Dumbledore recognizes this at 
the end of OotP, IIRC.

- davenclaw