Snape, Potions and DADA

[juli17 at aol.com]

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chrusotoxos wrote:

> Hi! Just an useless post for you all: Harry wants to become an Auror, and 
> for this he needs 
> a high grade in Potions - which he will never have.
> 
> My question is: will Harry be allowed to follow Snape's lessons and/or have 
> his grades 
> artificially upgraded (very wrong IMO), or he'll never be able to join the 
> Aurors Academy (a 
> life lesson, but very depressing)

Julie:
I think it is possible Harry got a high enough grade on his OWL to move 
forward in Potions. I don't think he benefits from Snape's teaching methods, and 
certainly the personal antipathy between them doesn't help. But the final 
testing is administered by a third party, and with Snape not present Harry has one 
major distraction removed. I think Harry might have done better than even he 
expected.

chrusotoxos:
> or...now that the danger is high, DD will finally give in and 
> give the DADA lessons to Snape - finding another teacher for Potions and 
> thus allowing 
> Harry to continue it? I've read this theory in a fanfic (forgot which, 
> sorry) and I like it a lot. 
> If Snape teaches DADA, Harry will be forced to be active in his lessons, the 
> subject is too 
> much important to drop, and when he sees Snape's kowledge he might respect 
> him more 
> etc etc - so this means that Snape would endure sono internal struggle to be 
> good even if 
> he teaches DADA, and thus being good in the end...  
> 
> I think all this very probable, what do you think?
> 
> Thanks and bye
> 

Julie:
I suspect Snape will eventually teach DADA, though probably not until the 7th 
book. I do agree that Harry will be active in the lessons, because he is very 
skilled in the subject. Even Snape's presence isn't going to affect Harry's 
confidence there. In fact, I suspect Harry will be better than Snape at DADA, 
and he won't hesitate showing it, which should add another dimension to Harry 
and Snape's relationship. Whether being upstaged by Harry will increase Snape's 
antipathy, or whether Snape will gain a grudging respect for Harry's skills 
(and Harry for Snape's) in what is sure to be a desperate time in the war 
against Voldemort remains to be seen. I, of course, hope for the latter :-)

Julie 


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