[HPforGrownups] Why leave the book?

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 136950

jmoses wrote:
 
>Why would Snape leave the HBP book in his old potions class?  If  I
>were to have made a bunch of helpfull notes in my book I would have  it
>in my private library.
 
Ray replies:
 
  I've thought about this as well.  The only way it makes sense  is that 
either Snape or Dumbledore (or both) intended that book to go to  Harry.  Does 
anyone think that brand new pages with an old binding can be  mistaken for a 
texbook that has been sitting around for at least a  generation?
 
  The only "accident" scenario would be that Snape kept his books on a  shelf 
in either his classroom or his office (I seriously doubt Snape cooked his  
potions in his office, but you never know.  When Slughorn, who strikes me  as a 
fastidious type, took over the classroom, he tiok all the old, dusty books  
off the shelf, tossed them in the storage closet, and replaced them with neat  
new books (possibly the very same titles).
 
  It occurs to me that on occassion a teacher will assign an older  textbook, 
even though it has been replaced by a different text, or contains  
information that is just plain wrong.  Usually, this is a teacher who has  been teaching 
for some time, and wants to continue teaching and assigning  homework out of 
the book he's familiar with.  Slughorn hasn't taught in who  knows how long.  
Perhaps he taught from the text he was fimiliar with,  planning to review the 
newer literature during the term.
  Or, if you accept the conspiricy theory of NEWT potions, Dumbledore  
"suggested" that he use that text for his class.
 
  --  Ray


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