A few more random thoughts & questions

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No: HPFGUIDX 69506

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "geophage" <geophage at y...> 
wrote:
> Transfiguration : O - McG strikes me as an above average teacher, 
> quite cabable of teaching her craft to even to those who arn't 
> normally willing to make an effort to learn.

McG is also extremely blunt.  If she tells Harry "you're doing A work 
right now," then I absolutely believe that's the kind of work he's 
doing.  With his extra work put into Transfiguration, he probably got 
up to an E, but we have been given no indication that Harry is 
particularly skilled at Transfiguration (unlike DADA, or even Charms).

> Potions : O - I think this might surprise people.  I think this for 
> a variety of resons, not the least of which is the fact that harry 
> would seem to need an O to advance the plot line.

I actually agree with you here.  I think he'll get an E, but I would 
not be shocked if he got an O.  Completely ignoring Snape's capacity 
as a teacher, he has done a very good job at making Harry believe he 
is horrible at Potions, which he most likely is not.  So when Harry 
thinks he might have passed the test, I think that means he did E 
work or better.
 
> History of Magic : A - Harry seems to have little love for this 
> subject, but with help seems to have struggled through it.  I think 
> he will pull together a passing mark

What the heck?  He feel asleep during the test!  He couldn't form 
together a coherent sentence!  He answered about 3 of the questions 
on the test!  HOW do you figure he passed this subject?
 
> Care of Magical Creatures : A - I mark this as a reflection on 
> Hagrid, who has not been the best teacher the students could ask 
> foor.  I would expect those who did not do independent study to 
fail 
> this test, as Hagrid has not seemed to be teaching at all inside 
the 
> curiculum.  As Harry has spent a great deal of time studing with 
> Hermione I think he can scrape a passing grade.

According to Grubbly-Plank (who really seems to be a good teacher), 
Hagrid has been doing a good job in covering the animals needed for 
the OWL test.  Plus, Harry seemed confident he did well on the 
test... would he have, if he had to do things with creatures he had 
never heard of?