Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 129400

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:

> 
> Amiabledorsai responded:
> > 
> > If you asked me to clean your best china and I used a sandblaster
> > to scour off all of the food particles, incidentally scrubbing 
> > off the pattern, would you consider me a good dishwasher?
> > 
> > After all, the china would be clean--cleaner than it's been 
> > since it left the kiln.
> 
> Amandageist:
> 
> I think we may have reached the point where analogies are becoming 
> the focus rather than supporting material, and it's starting to 
> obscure meaning. I'm not sure how you intend me, as a reader, to
> relate scrubbing dishes to a learning experience.
> 
> Clearly you have a strong opinion, and both of us can make 
> entertaining analogies to illustrate points, but I ask again: may I 
> have canon points or examples to for the analogies to illustrate?

OK, let's get a bit more concrete:  Snape's attempt at teaching Harry
Occlumency left Harry more open to Voldemort than he was before.  Bad
teaching.

Snape took points from Harry because another student--Neville--made an
error in his potion.  This in a classroom where talking is not
permitted, so Harry could not have helped Neville without breaking the
rules in any case.  In another incident, he took house points because
a student (Hermione) *did* help Neville fix a mistake in a potion.
This may teach something, but it certainly isn't Potions.

Snape threatened to illegally dose Harry with Veritaserum for no
purpose other than to expose schoolboy misdemeanors--providing a poor
example of acceptable behavior to a student in his charge.

Snape failed to render aid to Hermione when she was accidentally
hexed, choosing to insult her appearance rather than send her to the
hospital wing.  I note that he did send a Pureblood student to see
Madam Pomphrey after the same incident, so I suppose a lesson of some
sort was taught.

Shall I continue?

Amiable Dorsai