[HPforGrownups] Scary Teachers - Good Teachers (was: Re: Hagrid and Snape...)

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 152861


--- dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 
> She certainly  dresses him down for loosing the
> passwords for 
> example, but invite others to do it to Neville?

Of course she does. Every time someone has to let
Neville in or out, that's extra humiliation and
invitation for teasing.

> 
> And of course the important thing to me when we
> compare Snape and 
> Mcgonagall's treatment of Neville is that while
> Mcgonagall is 
> CERTAINLY guilty of mistreating Neville  on two
> occasions  IMO ( 
> that I remember), she also praises him ( there is
> nothing wrong with 
> your work but the lack of confidence).

You consider that to be praise?! Oh my God.
Oh, the memories of "You'd be such a beautiful girl if
only you lost couple of pounds". Let me tell you - no
child or teenager takes this kind of "praise" as a
compliment.

Oh, and no need to tease me about McGonagall's hopes
of redemption (was not you, was someone else in this
thread) - I don't consider a little cruel streak to be
a mortal sin for a good teacher. ;-)

> children are NOT supposed to suffer needlessly
> because of bad 
> teachers and while it is not always possible to find
> the better one 
> ( teacher I mean), it is OFTEN possible to deal with
> bad teachers 
> IMO as in removing them.

Don't you see the contradiction? If you can't find
your ideal teacher, the one that will be right for all
the N children at school, what's the point in removing
a teacher that's all right for N-2 children? 

Irene


		
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