Is Neville getting better at Potions?

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 94558

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" 
<willsonkmom at m...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Also, same chapter p663  McGonagall is speaking: "...Yes, 
Potter, 
> > Potions," she added, with the merest flicker of a smile.
> > 
> > I always wondered if she was smiling at the look on his face, or 
> > some inside joke she might share with Snape, or at the 
anticipated 
> > look on Snape's face.  Now I wonder if 15 minutes before Potter 
> > she'd said "Yes, Longbottom, Potions."
> > 
> > Potioncat who is beginning to think 6th year Potions might be 
very 
> > interesting.
> 
> But wait! There's more! Didn't Snape say he only took the very 
best 
> into the 6th & 7th year? Doesn't the above imply that HP (and 
maybe 
> even Neville!) will do surprisingly (at least to Snape) well at 
the 
> Potions OWL?
> 
> I cannot wait until book 6 to see who scored what.
> 
> -Joe in SoFla

I wonder if Snape would be surprised or not.  We really do not know 
how well the other students are doing.  Snape may be the kind of 
teacher who is hardest on the ones who have the most potential.  
After all, he knows how the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuffians are doing, 
we may not because Harry may not.  Harry and Neville may be among 
the best of their year, reagardless of how poorly they had 
performed.  Could this be a reason Snape was not at the OWLS?  He 
was teaching them "under pressure" but they were tested with this 
pressure from him off.  Hmmmm...