Snape's Attitude towards the Students

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 108442

Dzeytoun wrote:
>> If JKR gives Harry an "O" in potions that will seem, to me
anyway, as kind of a cop out. I suppose Harry could study
independently for his NEWT (I could see Dumbledore approving that
option if a suitable tutor could be found) <<

HunterGreen:
I think a private tutor would be the best choice (although, at this 
point, I think Harry might be too exhausted at the end of his school 
years to run around fighting MORE dark wizards...that is if he's 
alive at all). I was wondering about that in OotP, do you have to 
take the class in order to take the OWL or NEWT test? Could a 
muggleborn, for example, not take the Muggle Studies class, and just 
go take the OWL test? 

>> but then will we be left with no Harry/Snape regular interaction 
in Book 6? It's a possibility, as JKR might not be as fascinated by 
that dynamic as many fans are. Or will Harry take Occlumency with 
Snape again? Once again, that seems forced and even a little 
outrageous. An interesting puzzle. <<

Maybe, as others have guessed, Snape will finally get that promotion 
to DADA like he always dreamed of. Harry, on his first day of school, 
happy that the NEWT potions class now takes people that got an 'E', 
walks into his first DADA class and sees Snape sitting there. It 
could be the way Snape and Harry finally start seeing eye-to-eye, if 
Snape is teaching a class Harry has a natural aptitude in, especially 
if its a class they don't share with Slytherins. 
However, I don't think Snape would be a very DADA teacher. Potions 
requires a strict teacher, but DADA works better with a more 
indulgent teacher. Snape might be alright with a NEWT level class, 
but I can't see him being able to teach first or second year DADA. 
This, though, brings up the issue of who is going to be teaching DADA 
in book six.