CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 18: Dobby's reward

[nikkalmati]

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> > Potioncat:
> > I also think Snape knows DADA, and Dark Arts and cures?/treatments? for Dark injuries very well. He may not be so well versed on Dark Creatures (kappas, three headed dogs).
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> > I would like to know if Snape ever wanted to teach. What do you think? I mean, I can argue it both ways, but I'm really not sure. 
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> > Research or Healer would fit him I think.
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> > We know Harry didn't agree with Snape about Defense against dementors, but do we know that Harry challenged Snape?
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> > We also don't know what Snape taught and whether he was really simply avoiding teaching the Protonus charm. He needed his Patronus to be secret.
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> Alla:
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> Did Snape want to teach? Oh for a while I thought that maybe he would not mind teaching advanced students seminar, that is before he started teaching DADA that is. We all know that one subject where Harry is meant to be brilliant is DADA. And not just because JKR said so, first and foremost I see it in canon and did Snape praise him once?
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> Yes, Harry talked back at that lesson (yay)no I still think that Harry should have gotten his well deserved dues for the method of defending the Dementors even if it is different from what Snape knows and able to do.
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> What I would have been really interested in seeing is how Snape would have graded Harry and Hermione and other Gryffindors at the end of the year.
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> So, of course I still do not really know if he wanted to teach since we are not in his head, but I would go out on a limb and say no way, not even his precious Slytherins. Speculating mostly of course based on his behavior.
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> I am not sure I understand what you mean about Harry challenging Snape? To me he challenged him because he dared to disagree and why would Snape needed to show his Patronus if he would have agreed with Harry?
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> As an aside, I am sure we talked about it before, but I can't help but love how brilliant some of JKR's clues were about some things including Snape's loyalties. Contrary to Fake!Moody he never demonstrates dark curses on spiders or anybody else, he just shows pictures.
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> JMO,
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> Alla
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Nikkalmati

I think Potioncat means we don't know if Harry said anything in class about his method of defending against Dementors.  He just notes Snape's method is different and he expected to get a low mark on his essay because he disagreed with Snape.  To me, that says he put his opinion in the essay. DH US hardback p 448. 
I agree that the Order was taught Patronuses by DD and Snape could hardly have the class all learn to cast a Patronus and he could not afford to have his own seen by everyone.  
Snape never had a chance to decide if he wanted to teach.  LV told him to apply so he could spy on DD, and DD made it a condition of Snape's redemption, so he probably doesn't know himself.  He is an effective teacher.  We don't know anything about the grades he gives, except that no one specifically complains.  

Nikkalmati