Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129402

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amiabledorsai"
<amiabledorsai at y...> wrote:

> 
> 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.

Pippin:
This always puzzles me. Harry failed to report to Snape that the
dreams were becoming more frequent, lied about it when asked,
and reported that he'd been practicing when he hadn't. How was 
Snape supposed to form an accurate idea of Harry's progress?

Amiable Dorsai: 
<snip>

>  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.

Pippin:
Snape warned Harry that veritaserum would be used if he had any
further reason to believe that Harry was breaking into his office--
and in fact Dumbledore ordered it used  on the person who was
found with polyjuice potion in his possession. A fair warning I'd
say.

Amiable Dorsai:
 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.


Pippin:
As you say, your examples  don't have much to do 
with teaching potions.  I was going to argue that Snape wasn't hired 
to teach ethics,  but that's wrong. He is in fact the Head of 
Slytherin, and we all know what their ethical philosophy is.
So how is  Snape disloyal to Dumbledore, 
who appointed him to that position?

Snape's insult does have the effect of getting Hermione to pull
herself together and get to the Hospital wing, and the next time
she's in a real fight, she, for the first time in canon, manages to
keep her head. "Any means to achieve their ends" --whatever
you want to say about Snape's methods, they work.

Pippin