"Bad Snapers," Karma, and the End of Snape

[Elizabeth Snape]

No: HPFGUIDX 176332

 lizzyben quoting a newspaper acticle: 
> 
> 
> The Record, Northern NJ
> 14 October 1999 
> Students Meet the Real Wizard Behind the Harry Potter Craze
> By Leslie Brody
> 
> "She also reported that Professor Snake is based on a chemistry 
> teacher who hated her and made her life miserable. "The great thing 
> about being a writer is that you have a chance to get back at those 
> people who wronged you," she said. 
> 

This acticle is rubbish IMO.  AFAIK Jo *never* said John Nettleship 
hated her, only that he was a strict teacher in a subject that the 
bright young Joanne had little affinity for, much like Harry and 
potions.  The 'nasty' man turned around and gave Jo's mother a job 
when she sorely needed one and he and his wife became friends with 
her.  If Snape was revenge on Nettleship, it backfired because he's 
by most reports gotten quite a kick out of being the model for Prof. 
Snape.

Snape's Witch