Really wouldn't matter do much since Snape can still take and give points. It might affect Draco in terms of punishment, but not the Golden Trio.

Lucuis would still support the Quidditch Team since precious Draco was on it. And you're forgetting that it's the Slytherins themselves that were making a bad name for themselves. Having a decent head of house won't magically turn them into saints.

Well first of all, it would make the gap between slytherin and the rest of the school less extreme,second there would actually be a chance to go against Snapes behaviour. I mean, he was in the third highest rank a teacher could be (first two being headmaster and second (sorry I don't know the english word, the position McGonnagal has)). Therefore only Minny and Dumby had power over him. Minny unfortunately took Dumbys side and Dumbledore protected Snape fiercly. having him be a normal teacher would mean the rest of the heads could also intervene.

@UnicornSaysHi

So then there wouldn’t be any problem with another Head of Slytherin in the picture?

@Jcm10313

• Professor McGonagall’s position is called Deputy Headmistress

• Why didn’t McGonagall and Dumbledore do anything then about him?

• Snape being a normal teacher would mean the rest of the heads could also intervene? Wouldn’t there be plenty of chances to intervene even if Snape was still Head of Slytherin?

• McGonagall took Dumbledore’s side regarding what? And what’s unfortunate about this thing?

So then what’s the point of making somebody else Head of Slytherin??

@UnicornSaysHi

Actually, I'm thinking that it's a good idea, even though I have my pros and cons.

Here are my pros and cons of Snape being Head of Slytherin.

PROS

• The only Head of House to have been in school with/in the same year as James and Lily Potter

• While Head of House he also protects Harry throughout the story

CONS

• Lets Slytherins get off scot-free

• If you’re a Slytherin you get preferential treatment in Potions, easy House Points, no detentions, and free “entertainment” watching him belittle and harass everyone else. The only downside is that you don’t really learn. Your mistakes are never called upon or corrected. If you’re any other House, you get harassed, bullied, unfair point deductions, and you don’t really learn either. He just gives you the instructions and expects you to brew perfectly. He doesn’t explain why the ingredients need to be cut they way they do, or how they interact with each other in the potion, or anything. It’s like having a chemistry teacher who just gives you the assignments without going into the science of it all.

• Tolerates Slytherin students' bullying and also ignores it

• Is biased towards the Slytherins and favours them

Most of your cons could be summed up in “Is biased towards Slytherin and favor them, while also being biased and bullying any other house (mostly Gryffindors he holds grudges against)” and it’s not like McGonagall isn’t biased either. And again, Snape does actually teach and you will actually learn something. There’s a textbook for you to read, and he does assign homework based on properties of potions ingredients.

My point is, removing Snape from being Head of House will do almost nothing, so there’s no point of doing it in the first place. All the faults you just pointed out will still be there regardless if he’s Head of House or not.

@Harrypotter394

1 thanks

2 I honestly don't know. Snape was terrible to his students and that was sooooo widely known. But Dumbledore did nothing at all (even though IMO he could because Snape owed him anyways). Now Minny, I think just accepted Dumbledores opinion as completely right (I mean did she ever disagree with him on something?)

3 I think with him having such a high position, it would be harder to correct his behaviour (since the ones responsible for this don't do anything). With Snape being the head of house he is on eye level with the other heads. If he was just a normal teacher, the heads would still have more power than him

4 McGonnagal took Dumbledores side regarding Snapes behaviour. Even though Dumbledore did "scold" him in private he can very much torment these children however he pleases. I mean wanting to kill a students pet and blame it on said student's learning problems? Mocking a 14/5 year olds teeth, while they grow uncontrollably (aka a very vulnerable state)? And that's just a few examples. And nobody does anything about him being so extremely and constantly biased. Everybody knows how he is, but the ones in power do nothing, so he doesn't have to face real consequences. They are enabeling him. And that is very unfortunate, because it's disheartening to students and other teachers and gives a bad example to other teachers (even though they're mostly mature enough to not be influenced by that)

@UnicornSaysHi

More cons of Snape being head of house:

- he can bully students more freely (not actually facing consequences)

- him not facing consequences sets bad examples for other teachers with him being in a rather high position at school

-his behaviour sets bad examples for students (especially those enabled by him to go around and bully some more)

- his behaviour is especially disheartening for his victims, since they can't do anything about it (their heads can't do much either)

- the wall between the slytherin kids and the rest of the school wouldn't be as deep if other someone didn't extremely favour them, causing an unbalanced learning environment full of distrust

- he BULLYS CHILDREN! Ever been bullied by a teacher before? It's terrible, in my experience even worse than being bullied by classmates or other kids your age

@UnicornSaysHi

All the faults I pointed out will still what?

Because you wrote:

My point is, removing Snape from being Head of House will do almost nothing, so there’s no point of doing it in the first place. All the faults you just pointed out will still (???) regardless if he’s Head of House or not.

Ack sorry, I meant that not making him Head of House won’t really do anything to change his behavior. He’s going to stay the same either way.