Snape's teaching style

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No: HPFGUIDX 147815

> Magpie:
<SNIP>
 I'm not 
> going to attempt to prove the negative that Snape ISN'T a bad 
> teacher to anyone's personal satisfaction, even my own.

Alla:

Oh, I am not asking that at all. How about proving that Snape IS a 
good teacher, if you wish of course, I understand if you don't. As I 
said, except Umbridge calling his class advanced and Snape saying 
that his students pass the OWLS(or was it NEWTS?), I see no such 
proof in the books and Snape bragging about his teaching success does 
not seem like substantial proof to me. Really, IMO all that Rowling 
needed to do if she wanted to show that Snape is a good teacher for 
anybody except Slytherins is to let ANY older Gryffindor make a 
passing remark, about his class being good, challenging, interesting. 
Twins, Angelina, I don't know, could have said something during 
Qudditch practice or some place else, like mention that Snape is a 
tough bastard, but they learned a lot during his class.

I don't remember any such thing, personally.

Magpie:
<SNIP>
That way lies Snape the bad guy 
> not praising Harry for not following instructions.

Alla:

Oh, IMO Snape hurt Harry so many times before that he deserves a 
title of the bad guy even without this incident. And I never said 
that Snape should have praised Harry for not following instructions, 
but that it would have been nice if Snape acknowledged that Harry won 
the exercise, even if using the verbal spell.

Irene brought the bezoar example and I think the analogy is right on 
point, although I make the opposite conclusion from her. I don't 
think that Slughorn praised him because he had special relationship 
with Harry, but because Harry achieved the GOAL of the exercise, 
which was to find antidote to all those poisons.

Harry did not exactly do what was required there either, but he found 
the poison. He should not have been praised because he read it in 
HBP, BUT if he remembered it on his own, I absolutely think that he 
would have fulfilled the purpose of the exercise perfectly.
IMO the purpose of the nonverbal spells exercise was DUAL - to learn 
how to do nonverbal spells and to overpower your opponent. Harry did 
not do the first part, but he did the second one perfectly. Should he 
had been acknowledged for that? Not even praised, just acknowledged 
as to how good his shield was, even if performed verbally? Yes, I 
think so.

IMO if the purpose was only to practice nonverbal spells they were 
not put to practice with each other, Snape may have just tell them to 
practice on their own. Just speculating here.
But by no means I think that this was Snape's greatest offense 
against Harry.

Magpie:
 Not going there.  
> 

Alla:
As you wish.


JMO,

Alla