First potions lesson/Stand aside girl and the end

[kelleyaynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 145898

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> I've never said it was reasonable, merely that it was
> not impossible. Surely I can't be the only one who
> understands that the difference between "very
> difficult" and "impossible" is huge? 
> 
> Hermione is exceptional, yes, but her existance is
> enough to prove it's not impossible.
> 

Kelleyaynn:

As a teacher, I don't EXPECT my students to automatically be able to 
do something that is "very difficult". So why should Snape? 

> Could *I* have done this? Not now, but I'm quite
> confident that I could at 11.
> 

Kelleyaynn:

I teach 11 year olds, and as I teach in a private school, they are 
generally more capable as a whole than the students in public schools. 
I can't imagine many of my 11 year olds could remember all of the 
information in several text books, even if they had a month to read 
them. AND that's given that they are allowed to spend as much time as 
they want reading, which I doubt Harry had. He may have wanted to 
learn as much about the magical world as possible, but I doubt he was 
given the opportunity. In addition, he had no idea what the magical 
world was like. How could he possibly know what information in the 
textbooks was most important or might be most useful?

Kelleyaynn