Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 129387

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...>
wrote:
 I'm just not that lucky. but there is a 
> difference between that and being grateful as far as I am 
> concerned.  If I am given a second chance by someone and put in a 
> postion of incredible responsibility (like a teacher) I do not honor 
> that choice by doing the job that Snape does with his attitude. you 
> do it with gusto, as a form of thanks, that you have a second 
> chance. Snape acts like he would rather be doing something else, 
> which is an ungrateful attitude as far as I was raised.

Gerry:

What has gratefulness got to do with this? We all know he is a crappy,
abusive teadher. He is not a nice person, period. He is not interested
in having the little childeren reaching their full potential. He does
not have the talent, and does not have the empathy, the latter
probably because of his own experiences when he was at school. No
amount of gratefulness can change that. Now he does have the talent to
keep a class silent and listening. He does have the talent to let them
reach high results in their OWLS. And he uses that. I'm sure he does
the best job he can, in the best way he knows to. There is a
difference between being thankful and being good at your job. 

Gerry