Snape liked Hogwarts? was Re: Prank question/Dumbledore and Evil (?) Snape

[pippin_999]

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> Betsy Hp:
> I'm taking this *way* off topic, but I have a couple of questions. 
> 
> > >>Pippin:
> > <snip>
> > [Snape] doesn't seem to have been having a happy time at Hogwarts -
> > - surely he'd have gone elsewhere if he could. 
> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I've always imagined that young!Snape *adored* Hogwarts.  That it 
> was a sort of haven for him where he was able to fully stretch his 
> intelligence and creativity.  He found a mentor in Lucius, a friend 
> in Lily, and a ready-made network in the Slugclub.  I think, for the 
> most part, Hogwarts was Snape's ideal.

Pippin:
Nope, don't think so. Snape obviously loves learning, but I'm not
sure he was in the Slug Club as a student. And stretching his
intelligence and creativity brought him into conflict with students
who were scared silly of the Dark Arts. I think he did his HBP
experimenting on his own, for fear it would be considered dark
just because it was his,  a Slytherin and a noted student of curses.
This is, indeed, exactly the reaction Harry has when he realizes who
the Prince was.

Nobody appreciates the power of wealth and breeding like 
somebody who hasn't got it. I see Snape as lurking at the edges of 
things, always on the outside looking in, and wishing he could
go to Durmstrang, where he'd be appreciated for his interest in
the Dark Arts instead of shunned.

> > >>Pippin:
> > <snip>
> > Fitting punishment, if, having kept Lupin from employment, Snape
> > was forced to take up a job he hated.
> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> But does Snape hate teaching?  Does he hate being Head of 
> Slytherin?  I don't think so.  I've had teachers who hated their 
> jobs.  They didn't act like Snape.  The social ones spent class time 
> chatting about anything and everything not about their subject with 
> their students.  The non-social ones droned through a lecture or 
> wrote their lecture on the chalk-board for the class to copy.

Pippin:
Not teaching in general, but teaching basic potions to dunderheads
who have no appreciation for the subject and wouldn't be caught 
dead near a cauldron if it weren't required.  If Snape were
allowed to teach DADA, or NEWT or Auror level Potions only, then yeah,
he'd love his job. Meanwhile he pushed for that high pass rate
as a matter of pride and a passport to a more rewarding post
when Dumbledore  found him worthy, IMO.

Pippin