Is Neville getting better at Potions?

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 94507

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
> wrote:
> > All of this talk about how Snape's teaching methos work   with 
> > Neville made me notice something. In OOP, Neville doesn't 
> > seem to have nearly as much trouble in potions class as usual. 
> > He doesn't blow up any cauldrons, IIRC, and there is at least 
one 
> > session where no mention is made of any Neville problems at 
> > all.
> 
> There may be something to this. In fact, I think this culminates 
> during the Potions OWL (Ch. 31, OotP) it says:
> 
> <<The afternoon practical was not as dreadful as he had expected 
it 
> to be. With Snape absent from the proceedings, he found that he 
was 
> much more relaxed than he usually was while making potions. 
Neville, 
> who was sitting very near Harry, also looked happier than Harry 
had 
> ever seen him during a Potions class.>>
> 
> -Joe in SoFla

Then this would suggest that Neville's performance deteriorates due 
to anxiety.  As for the trouble remember verbal instructions, 
passwords, etc., Neville may have difficulties with receptive 
language and verbal memory, both of which may be affected by a 
memory charm.

Julie