[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape & Harry's potions grade

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 101625

SilverD:
I can see both sides of this.  Like you said, Snape  could very well just be
teasing Harry.  But (and  forgive me, I cannot remember which book it was)
Harry   had said that he scraped a passing grade in Potions.    If Snape had
been giving Harry Outstanding grades, he   would've done better than scrape
a pass. So, I lean   more towards the grades being zeros.

Lady Macbeth:

But then, WAS Harry doing Outstanding work, or was he doing "passable" work?
I'm not sure how similar the grade weighting system is in Britain to the
United States, but I know that someone who slinks by with D's and C's all
year and pulls a couple of A's out of the air when they're under threat of
failing can't expect to get an A for their final grade - they're usually
thrilled with a C.

-Lady Macbeth



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