What would Snape have to do....

[Richard (Shoggz) Broadley]

No: HPFGUIDX 138725

bimbledor:

>I am left to conclude that in his ecstasy over finally gaining the
>DADA job, he simply uncharacteristically forgot his text in the back
>of the cupboard.  The fact that he calls HP a cheat IMO is definitive
>that he would never have given the book to HP willingly.

>I do think one of the reasons DD finally gave Snape the DADA job was
>to ensure that HP could continue to a NEWT in Potions, in order to
>enable HP to gain the skills if not the position of an auror.  I
>thought about DD planting the book, but the same problem arose re Ron 
> receiving it.  I also can't imagine DD including Slughorn in secret 
> plans, either.  



:[Richard] Here's mine..

I think that Harry getting his hands on the book was pure chance. It's possible that Snape may have been like Harry, in that he arrived for Advanced Level Potions sans the appropriate text book. Upon this circumstance, the school may have lent him a 'pool copy', which he then annotated heavily! On leaving the school, he may have been required to return it to the 'spares section'. It has possibly been in the hands of a number of students since, but probably none as 'experimental' as Mr Potter!