SPOILERS: School Books

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184249


184242
> Sarah:
> I know, but how are we sure that's an error?  Snape disagreed with 
> the book.  He disagreed with some things in Advanced Potions too, 
and his way turned out to be better.

Potioncat:
I don't think I can stand it. A Snape thread, after all this time. 
<sigh> Just like the old days! And as icing on the cake, someone 
supporting Snape beyond anything ever seen. Of course! Snape was 
right and the book was wrong! Works for me. What shall we review 
next "Oops" or "I see no difference"?  ;-)


184235 
> Alla:
> Does it matter though for that reason he did not know?  What I am 
> trying to say is that you think that he did not know because he was 
> being too full of himself, right? I think he did not know, just 
> because he did not know. The point we agree on is that he was 
wrong, 
> right? So any interpetation can be valid - yours or mine and none 
can 
„« be disproved.

Potioncat:
I think Snape went too far in commenting on the papers. That's what I 
mean by being full of himself. Other characters who are sometimes 
full of themselves are Sirius Black, the Weasley twins and on 
occasion, Harry. Had Snape really been teaching a class on Kappas, he 
would have prepared and would have refreshed his memory. If indeed, 
it was a mistake.  ;-)

 
> Potioncat then:
> > That's why I referred to him as teacher who does know it all, not 
a 
„« > know-it-all teacher. There's a big difference.

Potioncat now:
McGonagall is also a teacher who knows it all. I base that on what 
we've seen of her teaching style, and on her comments about other 
types of magic. Snape knows it all  as evidenced by his skills at 
potion making and DADA.  However, I will concede that Snape can be an 
insufferable know-it-all at times, which makes his comment to 
Hermione all the funnier.  (Boy, I hope that was in the book and not 
just movie contamination.)

> 
> Alla:
> Lupin was? Come to think of it, I do not know what mistakes Lupin 
> made as a teacher. So, yeah he is as far as I am concerned as 
> **teacher**, not person of course comes very close to perfection.
> 
> Oh yes, he did not take his potion, but that I do not consider to 
be 
> teaching mistake, more like personal one. :-)

Potioncat:
He did not give Hermione a chance to practice repelling her Boggart 
in class, causing her to do poorly on the exam. (Well, you asked.)  I 
really like his overall teaching style.

Not taking his potion, at his own place during holiday would be a 
personal mistake. Not taking his potion while on the grounds of a 
school---nope, that's beyond negligent for a teacher.  Of course, if 
I were his neighbor, I wouldn't take kindly to either mistake.

184239
Pippin:
> But as for whether it's in character for Snape to make such a 
blunder,
> surely you've noticed he has a tendency to be overconfident where
> Lupin is concerned? It wouldn't be the first time, or the last, that
„« he got in over his head.

Potioncat:
Nothing to add. I just thought this was wry, and very Snape-like.

Yes, Carol had my reaction correct, I'm amused at the way JKR dealt 
with the situation. I've noticed little jokes in canon from the 
movies/actors. It's not too surprising she's done something like 
this. Of course there are other times I've found her less amusing.

Pippin, or anyone else, are there other zingers, nods or winks in 
FBAWTFT or QTTA? I've seen copies, but don't own either.