[HPforGrownups] Re: Admonishing Snape

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 129523

On 25 May 2005 at 19:47, lupinlore wrote:
 
> Well of course they're wrong, Magda!  Chuckle.  Do you really think
> those of use who believe in child-centered education are going to say
> "This system we fight hard for and believe in passionately is no
> better than any other?"  That's just not human nature.  Sorry, but a
> lot of us are never going to see Snape's methods as anything but
> obviously and terribly wrong, and the Wizarding World as being nothing
> but completely in the wrong for allowing him to treat students the way
> he does, especially Harry.

Sure, but people should at least be aware of their 'prejudices' (I 
don't mean the term in any derogatory way, but rather in the 
technical sense of a strongly held belief that colours opinion) as 
you obviously are from this statement.

I am. I'm not a big fan of child centred education largely because my 
one year of schooling in such an environment almost killed me and 
left me clinically depressed for a decade, which makes it rather hard 
for me to see it as a generally good thing (-8

(Although I have to say I've just done three weeks of teaching 
practice in a very child centred school - one that is renowned for 
it, actually, and it seemed to work very well there).

The thing is, though, whether child centred education is better or 
worse - the reality is, it doesn't seem to exist in the wizarding 
world.

McGonnagall is not a child centred teacher. Nor is Sprout. Nor is 
Flitwick. Nor is Trelawney.

So, whether it's a good idea or not, I find it hard to single out 
Snape for criticism - because in this regard, none of the 'better' 
teachers are doing it either.

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