Another entry into "SnaPe'S sUcH a bAd tEaCheR":
Recounting his substitution of the DADA class:
- We do not see the first 10 minutes as Harry is late, but in can be healthily assumed it is full of chatter unrelated to class topics, and more in line with "what the fuck is Professor Snape doing here?" Thus, assumedly, Severus spends time to quiet the students. At which by this point, it can also be assumed Severus is already drained, considering he now has to teach Potions AND DADA
- When Harry arrives (10 minutes late) Severus takes 10 points for his tardiness ("bUt iT wAsn'T hArRy'S fAuLt!" Okay? How is Severus supposed to know? Besides, whether or not Harry was at fault, he is still late to class)
- Harry asks where Remus is, and Severus explains he is ill. He tells Harry then to sit down (for the second time, mind you)
- Harry refuses, and asks further questions about Remus. Severus, in response to Harry not following instruction, takes another 5 points (which is FAIR. This is now the THIRD TIME that Severus is having to ask him to sit down)
- After this incident, Severus is continuously interrupted when trying to begin the lesson. Once by Dean, once by Parvati, and THRICE by Hermione (no shit, this is going to piss Sev off. Especially combined with the unseen beginning of class, and Harry's mild case of defience)
- He takes another 5 points after Hermione's third interruption (FAIR), and insults her in the process (well ... kinda. The insufferable bit wasn't the nicest, but the know-it-all bit was a statement more or less. But that being said, in Sev's shoes, Hermione is indeed being insufferable soo ...)
- Everything comes to a head when Ron speaks up about Hermione ("You asked us a question and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don't want to be told?" Well, Ron, I'm glad you asked! It's a simple explanation! Severus was seeking other student's answers. He ignored Hermione's hand in the air because she is *always* answering, and it is completely fair to want to see another student answering instead), at which Severus gives a detention (scrubbing the bedpans in the Hospital Wing)
And yk, rereading this scene, not a single ounce of this screams unfair treatment.
Severus, as much as people will hate to admit, is actually a shockingly patient teacher for the shit he has to deal with!! The amount of teacher's I've had over the years that would have snapped or given multiple detentions for the same shit!! Like -
