A good teacher would have pointed out what Neville did wrong and/or showed him how to fix it. It's not like he can't spare five or ten minutes--he doesn't seem to do more than either sit at his desk and glower or breathe down the necks of students he doesn't like.
Say whatever you want about Slughorn, but at least he taught the damn class. He didn't just toss you into the deep end and mock you if you weren't swimming right away, like Snape does. |