Snape as Neville's teacher / JKR's sexy men roll call

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> >>Betsy Hp:
> > I think the reason I don't see Snape as abusing his authority is 
> > that I see a rational (though mistaken) reason for his using     
> > Harry as his impossible question guinea pig.  There's nothing    
> > wrong with a teacher hitting his students with near impossible   
> > questions to set up what sort of classroom he's going to run. 

> >>Phoenixgod2000:
> As a teacher, let me say sure there is.  You establish your 
> classroom all right, you establish it as an unfair class and kids 
> will tune you out.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Or, students pay extra special close attention.  And the teacher gets 
a high pass rate on the end of studies tests. <g>  I'm not saying 
this is the best style ever.  But it is a style and it can be a very 
successful style.  (There's a reason it's a sort of old-school, 
elitist cliche.  Men who ruled nations used to be taught this way.)

> >>Phoenixgod2000:
> How many students over the years have decided they never want to   
> have anything to do with potions because Snape killed their        
> interest before it had the chance to develop?

Betsy Hp:
I'm pretty sure none, actually.  Certainly none that we've seen. 
(Unless one squints and does a whole lot of wishing. <g>)  Hermione 
is the most interested student that we get to follow through Snape's 
classroom and his style catches her hook, line and sinker.

Mainly because I'd imagine that if you were a student in that class 
and you had a clue about just *one* of the questions, you'd feel a 
sort of excitment that maybe you're *not* one of the usual 
dunderheads Snape has to put up with.  Or if your potion turned out 
correctly, that would bring a certain thrill of accomplishment too.

> >>Phoenixgod2000:
> Snape actuallty starts out well with his Potions are powerful      
> speech but undercuts it right away by setting up his classroom as 
> adversarial. That is no way to get students to love a subject he 
> plainly has passion for.  

Betsy Hp:
I don't know, some folks thrive in an adversarial environment.  And 
Snape certainly got his passion across.  I think a teacher who could 
care less or obviously had no knowledge would do more to kill 
interest than a passionate teacher.  Which makes me wonder how many 
students have been turned off DADA over the years.  Or WW history.

> >>Lyra:
> You forgot Stubby Boardman -- a minor character, for sure, but we   
> know as much about him as we do about Regulus. Just think, Stubby   
> is a popular singer, Siriusly-good-looking, and romantic enough for
> candlelit dinners. Surefire calendar material. LOL

Betsy Hp:
Ah, but maybe Stubby *is* Regulus. <bg>  Weren't there theories about 
that possibility floating around out there?  Or was he supposed to be 
either Sirius?  Hmmm.  Either way, a connection to the Black family 
can't be bad. <eg>

Betsy Hp