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

Kathryn Cawte kcawte at ntlworld.com
Wed Jun 16 20:27:22 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 101631



>
> 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.
>

K

As far as we've seen from the books though the only marks that count are the
exams (the evidence isn't 100% conclusive I'll admit but that's certainly
what it looks like to me) so Snape could conceivably give Harry Outstanding
marks the whole year through and it wouldn't make any difference at all to
his passing the year - well actually it probably would have had an effect,
bearing in mind how little Ron and Harry would study without an incentive if
Harry got the impression he could pass the class with his eyes shut he
wouldn't revise at all and would probably flunk the exam. (just like 99% of
teenage boys the world over I suspect).

K





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