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

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Alla wrote:

> Could you or anybody else for that matter, please show me that Snape 
> treats Hermione as capable student she is. That he encourages her to 
> study that he sees her efforts, etc. By that I don't mean that he is 
> NICE to her. It would be enough for me that he ... let's her talk in 
> his class.
> 
> By the way, I don't think that Hermione's good grade counts as such 
> proof . As I said I think that Hermione's learning despite Snape not 
> because of him.
> 
> Just my opinion of course,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alla

Julie says:
I think it was Pippin who mentioned that Snape doesn't call on Hermoine
in class as an example of how he treats her as a capable student, and
I agree. Treating a student as capable and aiding a gifted student in 
achieving all she possibly can are not the same thing, of course. So
Snape treats her as a capable student, since he only calls on the ones
he suspects aren't up to snuff on whatever's being taught at the moment.
But he doesn't make any effort to enhance Hermoine's abilities; instead 
he leaves her to do her best on her own. Which, fortunately she does. 

BTW, I'm glad you brought up the grade issue. It does bring up an
interesting fact about Snape. From what we can observe, no matter
how he feels about any student, it appears he is quite fair in his
grading. He gives Hermoine the grade her work deserves, despite
the fact that he clearly doesn't like her. Same with Ron and Harry,
and even Neville. Based on how well we've seen them perform at
making potions, they seem to get grades that reflect their actual
performances. (And, yes, in Harry's case, I do recall when his
potion fell/was knocked off Snape's desk). 

I admit grading does reflect Snape's teaching methods, such as 
whether he makes Neville so fearful the boy can't perform, or 
whether he lets Draco get away with certain excuses he 
wouldn't dream of allowing Harry or Ron. But if a student does
want to learn and isn't going to allow Snape's snarkiness to
affect him/her, then that student *will* get the good grade, as
in Hermoine's case. That does indicate some bit of integrity
on Snape's part (that not every teacher has, BTW). It's not the 
whole picture on Snape of course, but it's one demostrably
positive attribute ;-)

Julie 



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