O.W.L.s & grades

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 101817

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dzeytoun" <dzeytoun at f...> 
wrote:

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> Actually, I see other possibilities as more likely.  I doubt Harry 
> will get an O on potions, and I think that Dumbledore's reasons for 
> not letting Snape teach DADA are still pretty valid.
> 
> I think much more likely are 1)Harry will get an E on potions and 
> Dumbledore will order Snape to change his policy for the sake of 
the 
> war effort, thus deepening Snape's hatred of Harry to new depths; 
or 
> 2)Harry will get an E and Draco will also get an E.  When Snape 
wants 
> to make an exception and take Draco into Advanced Potions, 
Dumbledore 
> will tell Snape he can only do so if he allows Harry and anyone 
else 
> with an E into Advanced Potions.  This could be VERY interesting 
> because Snape would now have Draco to thank for having Harry 
another 
> two years.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Dzeytoun



Alla:

Hey, THAT Dzeytoun. :o)

Of course with Rowling ANYTHING is possible, but I have to disagree 
with your assertion that we saw the hint that Dumbledore intervened.

I think it was a classic bit of misdirection on Rowling's behalf. 
Think about it, Harry WAS wrong about Snape's motives in the first 
book.

I think that the fact that Harry thought that Dumbledore could have 
intervened to make Snape not to fail him, shows exactly the opposite. 
I think Snape let him pass on his own.
It is my gut feeling. I am not inclined to think that Snape had a ny 
decent motivations to do so, but that is what he did, IMO.


Did I just defended Snape? :o) Scary.


Alla