Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

[phoenixgod2000]

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Carol responds:
> But teaching *style* and teaching *ability* are two different 
things.
> Surely there's no question that Snape knows his subject (Potions--
I'm
> not getting into Occlumency here), the first criterion for teaching
> ability. The question that has not yet been fully answered is 
whether
> his students are learning what he's teaching. But surely both 
Neville
> and Harry must have learned *something* in Snape's class to 
perform as
> well as they apparently did on the Potions OWL. We'll find out 
more on
> that topic in HBP. Till then, the evidence is not in.


Harry seems to have confidence in his potions score based on his 
essay on Poly-juice potions. a potion he knew well because he 
learned and used it outside of Potions class.  I won't be giving 
Snape much credit for any of Harry's successes in Potions.
 
> And as Pippin said, Harry has not yet blamed Snape for his
> unimpressive performance in Potions (I'm not counting zeroes; I'm
> considering only Harry's potion-making skills). Harry knows that he
> doesn't study, that he puts off his homework till the last minute,
> that he doesn't pay attention in class. If it weren't for Hermione,
> both he and Ron would probably fail most of their classes. IMO, 
she's
> doing them no favor by doing their work for them or correcting it
> before they turn it in. And *that* is no fault of Snape's.


What makes you think that Harry would be failing most of his 
classes?  Harry isn't a devoted student like hermion but there isn't 
any evidence of scraping by either. amount of effort doing school 
work isn't an indication of grades. hell, in highschool I spent most 
of my classroom time in a haze and/or asleep and I managed to get a 
3.9 gpa for seven straight semesters.  There is every indication 
that Harry is doing just fine in school if not top of the class.  Do 
you really think DD would allow Harry to skate by when he knows 
whats at stake?  I don't.

"Phoenixgod2000"