Draco's potion making skills WAS: Scary Teachers - Good Teachers

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No: HPFGUIDX 153077

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> Alla:
> 
> Let's talk some more about Draco's cutting skills. I am really not 
> sure that Snape is being truthful here or that Draco is always a 
> perfect cutter ( meaning an "O" level cutter).
> 
> Remember Draco showing up after his injury in Potions class and 
> making Ron cutting his ingredients for him? I mean, Snape made him 
> on Draco's request, but that is not very relevant for my purposes.
> 
> Now, if Malfoy was truly unable to cut here, that would be a 
> different story, but we KNOW Draco is faking and he does not hide it 
> from Harry or the reader.
> 
> So, that tells me ( IMO of course) that Draco is not really 
> comfortable in his Potion making or cutting skills if he is so glad 
> to make Ron do it.
>


You're kidding, right? All that scene says is that Draco is *very*
comfortable embarrassing any member of "the trio" and in having people
he considers inferior to his dirty-work for him.  

You really don't see at all that Draco is simply enjoying making Ron
do double-work?