Academic dishonesty.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 139439

 <lady.indigo at g...> wrote:

> [Harry] Used a shortcut (the beozar)
> to get out of a lesson where the 
> point wasn't just the result, but 
> also understanding the principle 
> behind that area of potionsmaking

Slughorn would disagree with you and as he was the teacher he may have
a better understanding of the point of the lesson than you do.

> If he wasn't doing anything wrong,
> why the coverup? 

Knowing the capricious actions of many Hogwarts teachers he was
probably afraid they'd take the book away, and I have no doubt Harry
enjoyed being top of the class. Who wouldn't? Harry didn't steal the
book, it was given to him by the teacher and if there was more in that
book than the teacher knew then so be it.  I see no moral obligation
for Harry to inform the world that there was graphite in it if he
didn't want to, and he didn't want to. He did offer to share the
instructions with Ron and Hermione but Ron couldn't and Hermione
wouldn't. 

 Eggplant