The Model Professor Snape

Chapter 19 The Model Professor Snape

Regardless of his professional ethics, Snape's teaching skills were undoubtedly first-rate.

Andy's family has a potions master, and Andy occasionally helps out by handling some simple potion ingredients, so he has a decent understanding of potions.

However, Helen's potion-making was basically just following the recipe; it could make money, but it couldn't be considered a high-quality product.

Snape, on the other hand, had a thorough understanding of the properties of every potion ingredient.

Furthermore, he made numerous modifications to the potion-making process based on the different medicinal properties of each ingredient.

Some changes will make brewing potions easier, while others will improve the quality of the potions.

Although the potion for treating scabies was just a simple magical potion, Snape explained it in great detail. In Snape's words, anyone who wasn't a fool could brew it successfully.

If there's anything lacking in Snape's lessons, it's probably that his personal image was just too terrible.

Andy glanced around and saw that many of the young wizards were trembling with fear because they probably didn't understand what Snape was saying at all.

Fortunately, Andy is an adult at heart.

It's one thing for children to be afraid of teachers, but what adult is afraid of teachers?

Forget about being afraid of teachers; if Hogwarts had young and beautiful female teachers, Andy would dare to send them love letters.

That's all for now regarding the information about scabies treatment solution.

Snape, still in his unhurried tone, said, "All the steps are written on the blackboard, and the materials are on the lab bench."

"Now, you can start working in pairs."

The young wizards stared at Snape in utter bewilderment. What knowledge points had he covered? Was he really giving a lecture, or telling us a horror story?

Oh! The steps are all on the blackboard, so there's no problem.

The little wizards may not be good at anything else, but they're masters at copying answers.

You've already written the answers on the blackboard, how could we possibly get them wrong?

That's a huge underestimation of us!

Andy glanced at Hermione and gestured with his eyes: Shall we pair up?

Hermione proudly raised her chin and nodded with great composure.

Andy lit the fire and set up the cauldron, then began brewing the potion following the instructions on the blackboard.

Hermione is also a top student. Asking her to be innovative might be a bit difficult, but if you ask her to recite a book by rote, let alone brewing potions, she wouldn't make a single mistake even if she had to memorize an entire book.

Brewing potions is actually a bit like cooking.

Two people cooking according to the same recipe may produce very different results.

The same applies to brewing magic potions.

Even if everyone follows Snape's steps to brew potions, the final products will be vastly different—especially for beginners.

Ten minutes later, Snape, like a ghost, wandered back and forth in the classroom, pointing out each young wizard's mistakes in his sinister voice.

However, this was of no use.

Because every young wizard whose mistakes are pointed out by Snape will, like a fool, make an even bigger mistake.

Then Snape would look at him with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, point out new mistakes in a mocking tone, and deduct a point from the other person's house.

"Goldstein, I think I've already made a note for you: the porcupine quills can only be put into the crucible after the fire has been extinguished."

"Ravenclaw will lose a point for this."

Andy's roommate was not spared either.

Anthony Goldstein held a porcupine quill in his hand, his eyes fixed on the cauldron. Even though Snape had pointed out his mistake, Anthony seemed utterly clueless, as if he had no idea what he was supposed to do.

Andy glanced at Anthony briefly; he was trembling and looked like he was about to cry.

Snape seemed to have finally noticed Andy's group. He walked behind Andy and Hermione, staring intently at their actions over their heads.

Andy could clearly sense that Hermione had become tense.

Fortunately, Hermione is different from other young wizards. She is determined to be a good student, and the greater the pressure from her teachers, the more her potential is brought out.

Andy kept his eyes on Hermione, but never saw Hermione make a mistake.

Snape watched for a while, then silently walked away, as if he had lost all interest in the class, and didn't look at Andy's group once more throughout the entire lesson.

To be honest, judging solely from Snape's behavior, he was practically a model teacher at Hogwarts.

The explanations of the knowledge points are very detailed, and the author also has their own understanding of the theory of potions.

While the young wizards were practicing on their own, Snape was constantly on the move, walking around the classroom and promptly pointing out any mistakes they made.

He is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and is full of passion.

But if you take Snape's unique personal charisma into account, then the reality is that the young wizards are having class as if in an evil laboratory, with a chilling atmosphere throughout the lesson, making them feel creepy.

The professor's guidance was like the devil's whisper, as if he wanted to drag you into hell.

"Professor Snape, we're done." Hermione immediately raised her hand to signal Snape after the potion was brewed.

Snape floated over, his black cloak billowing around him. He glanced at Andy and Hermione before bending down to examine the potion.

The potion's color and smell were perfect. Although it wasn't a high-quality product, few people would bother to study such a simple potion; as long as it met the usage standards, that was enough.

A normal teacher would probably be very fond of outstanding students like Andy and Hermione.

Snape simply grunted in response, signaling the two to pack up the potion, and then left without looking back.

All that remained was the comment, "Ravenclaw gets a point."

Hermione looked somewhat disappointed.

Andy whispered, "That's just how Professor Snape is; maybe he's just a strict person!"

To avoid discouraging the little witch's enthusiasm for learning, Andy forcibly held back Haesneap's words.

Andy had received some information about Snape from the Weasley twins.

According to the twins, Professor Snape's temperament was as follows: he carried three parts sarcasm, three parts indifference, four parts nonchalance, and a Gryffindor deduction of ninety points.

Snape rarely adds points to Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, but he also doesn't deduct points easily.

However, for Gryffindor, Snape had the opportunity to deduct points, and even if he didn't have the opportunity, he would create one to deduct points.

"Um!"

The little witch quickly accepted Andy's explanation, whispering, "It seems you weren't lying this time."

"What?" Andy looked completely bewildered. What kind of image did he have in the little girl's mind?

How did I lie?

"I mean, you said you're a pragmatist," Hermione said.

(End of this chapter)