O.W.L.s & grades

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 101752

Dzeytoun wrote:
> 
> Oh, to answer an objection in advance, yes I think Dumbledore 
WOULD 
> interfere with Snape in this manner.  We have what I think is 
pretty 
> good indication that he intervened and forbade Snape from failing 
> Harry after third year.  We also know that changing school rules 
in a 
> time of national crisis is hardly unreasonable or unheard of, at 
> least in the Muggle world where entire curricula are often 
> restructured in the face of national crises.
>

Potioncat:
It depends on how we want to approach it.  We can each set up camp, 
say I believe this (or that) and dig in. 

We've been told a student has to get an Outstanding to get into 
Potions.  That Harry needs Potions for his career plans.  We aren't 
too sure he can make it.  As I recall, McGonagall said he would have 
to work hard in Potions to be able to make an Outstanding on the 
OWLS. Not that it would be impossible, that he needed to work hard.

We also know that she based her opinion on his marks. So if 
Professor Snape has been grading him down, he is actually doing 
better than it appears.  We have been told that Harry found Potions 
OWLS easier than Potions class and that it appeared that Neville did 
too. Professor Snape said that he is used to seeing a high pass rate 
from his classes. (If a high percentage of his class passes, then a 
fairly high number must do well.)

I'm making a point of saying we've been told, and it appears.  JKR 
has us on pins and needles just like we were after we took [insert 
name of your country's tests here]

OK what will it be?
Harry gets an O: Suspence is over
Harry doesn't get an O. Several more chapters of suspence.

Will Snape be made to let him in by DD or by some compromise? (Draco 
doesn't get an E and needs it for Transfiguration for example) 
(Snape lets him into Potions if he does not rejoin the Quidditch 
team)Personally, I think it goes against what we see of DD for him 
to force Snape to let Harry in.  Nor, IMO, did he make Snape pass 
Harry.

Will Harry have to take remedial potions for real before re-taking 
OWLS in the summer?  

Will Snape be teaching a different subject or no subject?

Will Harry have to face the music and look to a different career?

Has Jo thought of something I haven't?

Rather than choosing an outcome and arguing it until the  cows come 
home (although that is sometimes fun.) I'm just really eager to see 
what Jo's playing at. (one of my new British phrases that I only 
vaguely understand)

Potioncat