Snape as Neville's teacher (was:Re: Snape as Noble teacher...)

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 168446

Betsy Hp:
I *still* think Snape *does* work as a teacher for Neville in a 
particularly weak subject. A lesser teacher would have quit on 
Neville, but Snape kept at it and Neville passed and kept on 
passing. And all that without the added motivation of taking on the 
crazy witch who drove Neville's parents insane.

IOWs, I think the problem Neville had with Potions was the subject 
matter, not the instructor. I'm not saying Snape was Neville's best 
teacher type, nor am I saying Snape's methodology was the *only* or 
even the best way to reach Neville. But Snape got the job done. And 
I'm betting taught Neville a few other things along the way.


Bruce:
Exactly.  The proof of the pudding, as the old saying goes, is in the eating.  Snape may not be the most pleasant or most amiable or most approachable teacher, but his students--even those with no natural affinity for the subject--LEARN, and, when all is said and done that is the important thing, isn't it?  


Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in heart."--Iris Murdoch



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