Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 86562

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Carol:
> I think so, too. McGonagall seemed to think he had the makings of an
> auror, and I think that's the direction we'll see him and Hermione 
and
> possibly even Ron going in Books 6 and 7. But I have another 
personal
> and highly uncanonical reason for thinking that Harry (and Hermione,
> at least) will be in Snape's Potions class: I can't imagine JKR
> depriving herself and us of the pleasure of reading the Harry/Snape
> scenes. So unless Snape becomes the DADA teacher (in which case 
he'll
> still have Harry as his student), Harry will be in advanced potions.
> Maybe, to Snape's enormous dissatisfaction, Neville will be, too.
>


I don't know if MgG saw the makings of an auror in Harry or not, if 
pushed I'd say not. He's way too impulsive and puts himself and 
others in danger routinely. I think that she was so angry with 
Umbridge at that moment that she'd have said exactly the same thing 
if Neville's Toad had been sat before her desk. The "I'll make you an 
auror if it's the last thing I do" statement was aimed far more 
towards defying Umbridge than considering Harry's (or Trevor's) 
qualifications.

If we see Harry in NEWT potions it will be for your second reason. 
That JKR can't resist showing how awful Snape is while teaching 
Harry. Which is a shame, really, because those of us who suspect 
Snape of being relatively sane and having some interest in the 
subject he teaches while NOT in the presence of a Potter would miss 
out on seeing so; and those who think he's an all-around bad-guy and 
rotten teacher would miss their opportunity to gloat if it's shown 
that he's just as nasty with successful students as with stupid or 
inattentive ones.


Mel