Bathroom Scene - A Different Perspective.

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colebiancardi Wrote:

> Snape required an "O" level to get into 
> his NEWT classes. Draco & Hermione got
> "O" to continue on to the 6th year.
> Harry & Ron did not get "O"

Are you suggesting that everyone in Slughorn's class got a O in
potions except Harry and Ron? If so that means O is a more common
grade than E and the wizard world is suffering a serious case of grade
inflation. But we don't know what grade Draco got, however he doesn't
exactly seem like a world beater to me  

zgirnius:

> Plagiarism is still plagiarism even
> when no money is made from it. 

If I obtain a skill from reading a book I have not indulged in
plagiarism every time I exercise that skill. If I read a book on chess
and it improves my game I am not plagiarizing every time I play.   

> He [Snape] is said to write potions
> instruction on the board - I believe 
> this is because he taught the
> improved methids. 

That is a good point and I think it could very well be true. Whatever
problems I have with Snape I can't deny he is an excellent potions
teacher, I'm just not sure he's an excellent human being.

> This also explains why Hermione went from 
> making perfect potions every time, to
> having some difficulty, while Harry 
> experienced the opposite in HBP. 

The difficulty Hermione was having in potions was entirely of her own
doing. Harry offered to share the HBP book with her but she refused
and insisted on doing things the boring old textbook way. This
unexpected streak of intellectual pig-headedness does not speak well
for her success in the coming years. I hope she gets over it.  

Eggplant