[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Harry's OWL results - Portions

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 68595

At 17:55 +0000 on 06/24/2003, melclaros wrote about [HPforGrownups] 
Re: OOP: Harry's OWL results - Portions:

>I wouldn't be surprised, in that case to see Harry squeak out an E. 
>It would be a cheap plot device but it *could* happen. I would be 
>SHOCKED and probably quite angry if they slip him an "O". He DOES 
>screw up a LOT and it is USUALLY because he's minding someone else's 
>business and not doing what he's supposed to be doing.

I fail to see why you think Harry might not get an O. Just because 
Snipe picks on him does not mean that Harry is not learning his 
Potions or can not do them right IF there is no interference in his 
work (something that ONLY occurred during the OWLs). Snipe seems to 
be good at transferring his knowledge to the students (ie: He is a 
good teacher) although his treatment of the students leaves lots to 
be desired.


At 02:56 +0000 on 06/23/2003, ewdotson wrote about [HPforGrownups] Re: OWLs:

>Well, I think based on Percy's score (and the implication that one 
>can get more) that one HAS to be able to more than one OWL per 
>course. What I was assuming (quite possibly erroneously!) was that a 
>student would be awarded one OWL for an "A" score on a test, two for 
>an "E" and three for an "O", with "O"s being really, really rare. 
>(With Percy's total of twelve being really good.)

Why not one OWL grade for the practical and one for the theoretical 
(ie: You can know the info but not able to apply it)? Being a Klutz 
(or using someone-else's Wand [*]) can make it hard to apply your 
knowledge. The tests should distinguish between knowledge and manual 
dexterity.

I think that the ones Perry got were E and O Levels not just passing 
the test (A). The way I seem to remember them being talked about, it 
was implied that you did "good" not just passed (thus the E and O 
requirements to "Get an OWL").

[*] as has been the case with Longbottom (his Grandmother must be 
hung up with her Son's Condition to make Neval use his father's Wand 
and not buy him one of his own since Book 1 during the "Harry gets 
his Wand" sequence makes it explicate that you must have a wand that 
selected you to get maximum effect.

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Bob Rosenberg