[HPforGrownups] Snape's abuse (Re: Would an "O" for Harry vindicate Snape?)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 131512

--- Amanda Geist <editor at texas.net> wrote:
 
> And I think children should be exposed to someone like Snape. The
> sooner they learn that life isn't fair; that some people are mean 
> for no reason; that sometimes the mean ones are on your side even 
> if they're not nice; and that the nice people aren't always your 
> friends--the better. It's called reality. Most school systems and 
> theories seem to set out to protect
> children from reality, rather than give them a chance to learn to
> deal with it.


Actually, I think this is the reason that JKR gave when she was asked
why Dumbledore kept Snape on as a teacher, namely that bad teachers
are a fact of life (not exact quote).  Makes sense to me.

We all had crap teachers in our student years; people who really
should have been doing something else for a living or people who had
given up and simply didn't care anymore or just people who had no
idea how to control a class except by yelling at it.  Snape doesn't
fall into these three categories; he's more of a "takes out his
frustrations on the class" type.

But I disagree with some of John's examples such as when Snape
confronts Harry and threatens him with veritaserum because he thinks
he's lying when Harry says he didn't steal from Snape's office. 
Snape has every reason to think it's Harry who after all did use
Gillyweed in his task and Snape can tell if somethings missing from
his stores.  I think that would look pretty open and shut to most
teachers.

Magda

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