Snape, Apologies, and Redemption

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nethwen21:

> Professor Snape is based on a teacher Ms Rowling had 
> and whom she hated as a pupil.  I have had the feeling 
> all along that she does not think of her teacher in this 
> way now and that the major theme in her books is about 
> misjudgement and overcoming prejudice.

houyhnhnm:

Makes me think of a certain "proud disagreeable sort of man" created
by Rowling's favorite author.

I really don't see all that much to criticize in Snape's teaching
style myself except for the favoritism, which seems to considered
acceptable in his world.  I had a number of "Professor Snapes" in my
own academic career.  I hated them all at the time, but came to
appreciate how much I had learned in their classes as the years went
by.  The "easy" teachers I can barely remember, nor what they taught.