Teachers and fairness (WAS Is Snape unfair with House Points? )

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 56768

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Becky Walkden
<runningbecky2002 at y...> wrote:

> But in one of the books (I think PoA??), wasn't it suggested at the
end that perhaps Snape only was forced to pass Harry in potions at the
insistance of Dumbledore?  I know Harry hates potions because of Snape
and Harry is probably not the best potions student because of it, but
I doubt if failing him would have been an "honest" grade at all. 
Rather it would have been a vengeful act but not an honest one.  
Huggs Becky
> 
Harry was surprised that he passed.  But why he did was all
speculation on his part.  He expected to fail and since he passed, he
figured Dumbledore must have intervened.  But, there is no evidence
that he did.  Snape may have had other reasons to pass him, or maybe
Harry didn't do as badly as he thought.

sirius kase