Person coming to magic late in life/Hermione in potions class (was Re: Am I

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 135051

Jim Ferer wrote:
> It's a worthwhile factoid that Snape didn't share his discoveries with
> the world at large.
> 
zgirnius:
My post does not explain why Snape did not publish for the benefit of 
the whole WW. But did it never strike you as odd that Snape always 
wrote out potions instructions longhand on the blackboard instead of 
just telling his students a page number in their texts? 

Well, we now have a possible explanation...