I don't recall anything, but I can't see how he'd be any good at it.
He has the perfect temperament for a Potions Master: exacting, precise, demanding, and utterly perfectionist.
I think this is why his occlumency lessons with Harry were such a dismal failure. Occlumency and DADA both require you to trust your instructor, because the things that happen to you personally can be so traumatic. Snape's lack of sympathy would be counterproductive. I think it's also why Lupin and the fake Moody also turned out to be great teachers (as well as Harry in DA), because they were sensitive to their students' needs and weren't impatient with failure the way Snape can be.
Sorry, tangent there.
Was it Percy who said it first? I can't recall - did Percy have a grudge against Snape? Because he seemed to be the most fair-minded of the students back in the day.
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He has the perfect temperament for a Potions Master: exacting, precise, demanding, and utterly perfectionist.
I think this is why his occlumency lessons with Harry were such a dismal failure. Occlumency and DADA both require you to trust your instructor, because the things that happen to you personally can be so traumatic. Snape's lack of sympathy would be counterproductive. I think it's also why Lupin and the fake Moody also turned out to be great teachers (as well as Harry in DA), because they were sensitive to their students' needs and weren't impatient with failure the way Snape can be.
Sorry, tangent there.
Was it Percy who said it first? I can't recall - did Percy have a grudge against Snape? Because he seemed to be the most fair-minded of the students back in the day.