Did Snape learn from Lily and James?

[lady.indigo at gmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 139066

On 8/29/05, Auria <rytal at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>  
> it occurred to me that maybe 
> Snape was actually writing these tips and spells in his text book 
> because he was learning and copying them from other students - namely 
> Lily and James Potter. 


Considering he has enough potions ability to be a professor without crib 
notes, I doubt it. He's a bully as a teacher, but he at the very least knows 
what he's doing. I also think, considering his reaction to Harry's cheating 
especially, that he has too much pride to do so himself.

> 
> We also know that the spell 'Levicorpus' which Harry found written 
> in his textbook, was performed by James Potter on Snape as seen by 
> Harry in the pensieve in book 5. So perhaps Snape scribbled down 
> this jinx in his potions text book after he had been a victim of it, 
> in case it came in handy for him later?


But Snape talks in the end about James using his own curses against him, 
right?

- Lady Indigo


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