Snape, Umbridge, and teaching.

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 128435

I wanted to address a common point that people seem to bring up on 
the Snape teaching post. People have been bringing up Umbridge's talk 
about how advanced his classes are.  I would submit that this isn't 
the best piece of evidence for Snape's teaching skills.

Umbridge is evil boot-licking villian who would probably consider her 
own class advanced based on the ministry's teaching standards and we 
know how great those are.  Why is it that we should take her praise 
of Snape as gospel truth when practically everything else she does in 
the entire book is about hiding the truth? Why should we believe her?

Another point I just thought about was perhaps she was buttering up 
Snape for her future plans. I'm not quite sure about the exact order 
of events in OOTP, but she seemed to use the Slytherins excessively 
as the cornerstone of her inquisition squad. It seems to me that the 
first step would be to get the head of their house on her side and 
appealing to the ego is always a good bet with someone. 

something to think about

phoenixgod2000