I agree with you, actually. I like Slughorn, for all his obvious faults, and he's a very recognisable type of British (university) professor. All the older universities are full of people like that, who love making connections between people. This disadvantage is that they often play favourites, but on the upside they are often good at seeing beyond someone's academic qualifications to their other strengths.
I think the use of the textbook has more to do with the belief of certain types of teacher that the book they've used all their career is the best one available - I had a maths teacher at school who insisted on using a book which my mother had learned from. And I ended up with an excellent grades, so *shrugs*.
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Date: 2006-11-02 09:11 am (UTC)I think the use of the textbook has more to do with the belief of certain types of teacher that the book they've used all their career is the best one available - I had a maths teacher at school who insisted on using a book which my mother had learned from. And I ended up with an excellent grades, so *shrugs*.