Snape as DADA, new Potions teacher? (was Re: It's Libatius)

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SSSusan wrote:
Also, the standards Snape holds to in his own classroom just might 
be  higher than the standards to which the examiners hold students, 
might they not?  If that's the case, then achieving the "O" Snape 
requires might be possible for more students than think they can 
achieve it.
 
Potioncat:
McGonagall tells Harry he's performing at "Acceptable" in 
Transfigurations, but says he can work harder and make the "E" she 
expects. She also says he can make the grade in Potions. By this, I 
mean, looking at his current marks, she thinks he can perform well 
enough on the OWLs to earn a spot in the NEWT classes. I wonder in 
this case, if Snape did give him zeroes, because his other grades 
would have to be very high to keep his overall potions grade up. 
Could Snape have had some reason to hide Potter's true ability?

Alla:

Welcome back. I think you are stretching  it a little bit with Snape 
having a reason to hide Potter's true ability in potions. Hide from 
whom? I never completely bought "Snape has to be nasty to Harry, 
because there are DE children in the class", but that I can at least 
understand. Could you elaborate a little bit? 


Potioncat:

So it seems that the marks that these two teachers give are much 
harder to earn than the marks on the tests. If we could have wandered 
into the common rooms we might have heard older students telling the 
5th years not to worry about potions or transfigurations, everyone 
does better in those than they do in the class. Of course, we never 
get a heads up from the older students.
 
So I don't think it would be an error for Harry to get into the 
classes. I think JKR did a nice job of setting us all up to worry 
about it.

Alla:

You could be very right and I personally I was always pretty sure ( 
of course you can never be 100% sure with JKR)that Harry will get 
into Potions class from the way Potions OWL was set up. There WAS a 
Polyjuice question on theory, which Harry knew really well from 
experience  and there was no Snape in the room breathing down his 
neck on practical.

So, yes, I can see him in Potions class. I can also see him there for 
the metathinking reason of continuing ineractions with Snape, since I 
don't see Snape getting DADA yet.


Potioncat (who really wrote a me too post, but hopefully well enough 
that no one noticed.)

Alla:

LOL! I know your secret now. :o)


JMO,

Alla