[HPforGrownups] Re: Is Snape really THAT good in Potions?(was: Snape and the Kappa)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 119413

> Neri:
> I remind you that there was another reason, quite a critical one,
> for  DD hiring Snape. So how do we know what part of DD's 
> reasons was  Snape's brewing abilities? 50 percent? 10 
> percent? 0 percent? Any  canon, please? 
> > 


Here's some canon: we know that Snape has been teaching at Hogwarts
since Harry was one year old, that he was approximately the same age
as James Potter, and therefore when he was hired he was about 21-23
years of age.  

Since we know from JKR that there are no such things as wizard
universities, we have to ask what his qualifications were as a
potions man to enable him to be hired at so young an age.  I really,
really doubt that it was because he took good notes in his 6th and
7th years' potions classes.  

Therefore Snape must have spent some time learning more advanced
potions studies than was available at Hogwarts.  Most likely he was
apprenticed to a Master.  As an apprentice he'd be judged by the
Master and the Master's peers and undergo some kind of certification
or graduation to full-fledged Masterdom.  Four years is about the
length of time it takes to complete a university degree, and an
apprenticeship might easily be the WW equivalent.

Therefore I submit that according to the standards laid down by the
WW, Snape is a Potions Master.

Magda


		
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