Harry's OWL in Potions

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 125519


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vineet_910" <vineet_910 at y...> 
wrote:
>  Since rivalry between the potions master and Harry has been a 
> central theme in all the books, and as it has been made clear that 
> snape does not accept anyone but students with an 'O' in his NEWT 
> classes, I was wondering if Harry(& Neville! or maybe Ron) are 
> finally gonna have two Snape free years.

GEO: I for think that Harry, Neville and Ron might actually meet and 
exceed their expectations for the potion OWL simply because Snape 
isn't actually there to harass them . Besides if Snape gets the DADA 
job, it changes the whole relationship between Harry&Neville and 
Snape since potions is a class that Snape is a master of and both 
H&N aren't versed well in while DADA is a class that Harry is versed 
extremely well in and where Neville is improving and where Snape 
judging by his one time substitution of the class isn't exactly the 
best in.

> Secondly during Harry's cat& mouse duel with Bellatrix, she 
> mentioned learning Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. Its 
reasonable 
> to assume Snape being former death eater might also have been 
> an earstwhile disciple of LV. And hence knowing what kind of dark 
> magic death eaters use, can teach appropriate defences.

GEO: The class is DEFENSE AGAINST the dark arts not instructions on 
the dark arts. Snape may know loads about the Darks Arts, but that 
doesn't necessarily mean he knows enough about the defense against 
them. Besides I think the chief reason the DD doesn't give Snape the 
job is for Snape's own well being considering he'd be working close 
to a subject that helped cause his downfall.

> The Name Of A Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher Never Comes Up 
> Before The Book He Or She Teaches Defense Against The Dark Arts.
>  Harry Always First Learns Or Is Exposed To His Current Defense 
> Against the Dark Arts Teacher Shortly Before Arriving At Hogwarts 
The 
> Year That Teacher Starts Teaching.
>  Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher Places Harry Potter In Real 
> Peril At Least Once, If Not More.... etc. etc.

GEO: But that changes the paradigm. All the previous defense 
teachers were brand new and I think the present will be too.