OK we're to THAT point on Snape/Different Topic

[dzeytoun]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tub_of_earwax" > 
> I do see your point, Pippin, but that's not always the case. In 
> Holland they have huge problems in the health sector (shortage of 
> doctors, nurses, you name it), there are enormous waiting lists to 
> be medically assisted in Holland, and still they have a system of a 
> limited number of students who may study medicine. Every year there 
> is a large amount of people who want to study it. 

This is very true.  The Auror Office may simply have very few 
openings.  This would mean that, even if Snape's students don't do 
well generally, there may still be more of them than an 
extraordinarily closed career field can accomodate.  Thus, we can't 
infer from Tonks' experience that Snape is not just blowing wind.  

An example would be my own career field.  Almost all the certified 
training programs for promotion are universally regarded as poorly 
run, and the average results on required standardized exams are 
terrible.  Yet over the last 20 years an average of two people have 
been promoted per year, due to lack of slots. Thus even though the 
training is terrible and few people do well on the required exams, 
even most of those who HAVE managed the required marks have not 
received promotion due to lack of space.

Dzeytoun