Snape and Potions OWL. Was: Re: In Defense of Snape (long)

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Alla earlier:
 
You misunderstood me. I did not mean that Harry will be afraid to 
write about Polyjuice potion. I meant that Snape's presence may be 
terrorising per se ( and fear MAY stop you from remembering the 
answer) or I will not put it behind him to sabotage Harry's grade on 
purpose , like... I don't know  throw the vial with potion on the 
 floor.


Shaun:
No, I understood. I don't really see any reason to think that Harry 
is likely to be affected in this way by Snape's presence. Neville, 
maybe. Harry - no.

Yes, being afraid can potentially have an affect on a person so 
they can't answer a question. But I can't see that happening to 
Harry in this type of context.


Alla:

We obviously disagree. I maintain that if the only occurrence that 
happened between Harry and Snape was Occlumency disaster, Harry may 
have been very affected by Snape's presence at OWL, especially if 
for some reason Snape decided not to keep his mouth shut.

But that is of course just my opinion,

Alla