Quite clever! :)

Nicely done, though slightly irritating as far as Hermione's expectations go - I mean, hey, he has my sympathy, but she's good at both SP&G and massages and what for?! :DDDI don't know if you'll find this flattering or annoying, but your little moral tale must have stroked some hidden chord, and I found myself thinking about teaching, learning, parents-children relationships and so on. I know for a fact that a strict teacher, possibly of the blood, sweat & tears type, is the most effective an eager student could wish. But.But... (there's a "but" - see? using punctuation at times is really difficult! This would work perfectly in my mothertongue, but please don't ask me to go and check what I should use in English!)IMHO s/he must meet (beware of?) a few conditions: (1) said strict teacher must be above any suspicions of hypocrisy or favouritisms (here's where canon!Snape is horribly defective, even taking into account his double role.); (2) whenever caught making a mistake, s/he must graciously acknowledge it, never backpedal, never try to conceal it or, worse, try to strike back against the culprit of - what? finding the error? - or s/he'll lose any respect s/he has rightfully earned; (3) s/he must be very good at balancing threats and praises, or the harsh treatment might crush forever any independent thought and fantasy in pupils. I'm painfully aware of the last one because, in spite of all my love and good intentions, I do know I have failed in this rispect.As far as my experience in fandom goes, I've seen many authors stretching out their Snapes to match the aforesaid conditions. In truth, I think there is no way to make canon!Snape a good teacher: his redeeming qualities are to be found elsewhere.Thank you for making me think, and I sincerely hope this won't annoy you... exceedingly, that is :)*hugs*Lela

Very sweet!  A nice, fluffy piece.  :)

To coin a phrase; Man smart; woman smarter. Great little story!

*giggle* That is fantastic. I can absolutely picture Snape banging his head against a desk. Very nicely done =D

This is delicious!  Of course Severus has the majority of the bloodletting...it comes so effortlessly!

I had to smile when he fell asleep, leaving Hermione 'hanging.'  Lol.  Nicely done.

If you can't be bothered to spell the ingredients correctly or use proper grammatical construction in your essays, then how can I be certain you won't mangle your ingredients and blow us all to smithereens?I think that's what I was trying to say earlier today.  That's utterly brilliant.  And that last paragraph was quite Slytherin of Hermione.

Hehe... I love that he fell asleep like that. And I had a teacher who was very much into making our papers bleed, so I know teachers suffer through this every year.

Poor Severus, he gets so tired of the dunderheads. It was a lovely read, dear.

LOL Really funny! I'm pretty sure that McGonagall gives quite a few pointed remarks on her papers and Flitwick... possibly. Could you imagine a paper graded by Hagrid? The kids have better English.   Nope, You're right, Severus is the one to straighten out the little ones! poor guy. Good sstory and really funny!

Ha!!  Well, then, it sounds like a massage was the very least she could do for him!  Very funny!-Liz

That. was, so, incredibly, apt. ,,, Oh,no, they, are, breeding! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Wise of Hermione to choose to teach an elective. Poor, dear Severus having to deal with the Weasley-esque style of writing submitted year after year by dunderheads forced to take his required classes. Very well done.

This is an awesome story! I love this unique snapshot, and the point at the end... clever. :-)

nice to see this little gem up and available for public consumption.  can't remember if i told you this is my favorite image:   "It landed on the floor underneath his sideboard where it disturbed an impressive collection of dust bunnies. They drifted off to congregate as far as possible from the offending piece of parchment."  :)

What a beautiful tribute to admins and betas. Poor Severus.

Lol at Hermione's little moment at the end!Taking advantage of Severus' hard work that way!Good job!

adorable!  poor severus...it seems we sometimes get less patient as we age rather than more.  thanks so much, my 'pants! I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you.

yeah for teachers and betas everywhere! I had a high school teacher who reminds me of snape in this one!

That was a very cute story. Very nice. Keep up the good work. ~Jen

Misplaced punctuation is bad, very bad. I laughed out loud though most of this.

If you'll excuse me, I feel the need to go and have a look at my writing handbook.

Thank you so much! Well written, witty, and you hit the nail on the head! :)

Poor Severus has to condition the entire student body to be better writers! The man deserves a pay raise in addition to additional backrubs.

Oh dear.I have often wondered how the appointed essays look like, when they apparently don't teach language at Hogwarts. Now I got the answer :-)