[HPforGrownups] Was Harry cheathing in Potions in HBP WAS: Re: Bathroom Scene

[Ronin_47]

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 --Alla Wrote--
 
>>>Hmmm, was Harry cheating or not? IMO I agree with Neri that academic 
life in Hogwarts does not strike me as fair **at all**.
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--Ronin's Comments--
I don't think Harry was cheating at all.
They are all in classes to learn and were all given required textbooks for
the class. Harry's copy is used and contains notes from a previous student.
He has the benefit of the extra notes made by someone who went before him
and he's found that the notes are very helpful. None of them are working
from their own set of instructions. They are all following a set of
instructions written by someone else. Harry's book just has the added
benefit of a third person's input. Some colleges reccomend buying used books
for just this reason.
 
I'm re-reading THBP at the moment and I must say that I normally love
Hermione, but she gets on my nerves in this book, something fierce. If she
had been issued a copy of a potions textbook written by The Half Blood
Prince, that would be fine or if she found a copy in the school library. But
since Harry is able to learn from the notations in the book, she has a
problem with him outperforming her at something.
 
I say, if it helps him to learn and find excitement in a subject that he
normally hates, more power to him. He needs to learn potions if he wants to
become an Auror and the Prince's notes are helping him catch up. It sort of
like an anonymous potions tutor. It's not like he's written it all down into
his own textbook which he is trying to sell. He's just learning.
 
My only hope is that Harry retains what he learns from the HBP.
 
I'm sure that if the notes being in the book was a problem, the book
would've been removed from the schools inventory and destroyed. Just as with
any other school or librarys, when a used book is returned it is customarily
appraised and if it is damaged or found to be rendered insufficient, it is
removed and the person who had borrowed it is charged for replacing it.
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If anything, I think that Hogwarts should be ashamed of themselves for using
such an outdated and inferior textbook.   


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