Harry's DADA skill was Re: Albus and Gellert/Voldemort's Power

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 182771

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "montavilla47" 
<montavilla47 at ...> wrote:
 
> So, had Hermione been requested to produce a Patronus,
> she could and would have, and, presumably, would have
> gotten her "O" in D.A.D.A. along with Harry.



I'm not so sure that Harry got an "O" in DADA *only* because he could 
produce a Patronus for a bonus point. I believe that he would have 
gotten an "O" without any Patronus, actually. Just compare Harry's 
DADA exam with his other exams, where he got "E"s. 

He had trouble with at least one question or made at least one 
mistake on each "E" exam - he mixed up incantations for Color-change 
and Growth charms (Charms), he forgot the definition of Switching 
spells (Transfiguration) and he got bitten by a Fanged geranium 
(Herbology). OK, we don't know about COMC, but Potions exam felt 
difficult to Harry and even if his potion turned out to be good, I 
doubt that it was "perfect"

The DADA exam was the only one where he had no problem at all with 
any of the theoretical questions, and his spells were 
called "perfect" (OK, it's about one of them, but I'm sure that the 
rest of them were excellent as well :-)). Prof. Tofty praised Harry 
*before* asking him to summon a Patronus - "oh, bravo!" and "very 
good indeed!". I really think he would have given Harry an "O" even 
without any "bonus points".

Why didn't Hermione get an "O" as well? I don't know. She just made 
some small mistake, I guess, like Harry on his "E" exams. Maybe she 
had trouble with her Riddikulus spell again :-).


zanooda