SPOILERS: First Read Rant

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pip at e...> wrote:
> (To the tune of the original Doctor Who theme music)
> Spoilery space, spoilery space, spoilery space, don't you read
> Spoilery space, spoilery space, spoilery space, don't you read
> Spoilery space, spoilery space, spoilery space, don't you read
> Spoilery space, spoilery space, spoilery space
> [pause]
> Wah Wah aaaaaaaahhh!
> 
> Pip:
> I presume DD must have known which OWL grades Harry got, and then 
> promptly made sure that the *Potions* master was replaced - with one 
> who accepted 'Exceeds Expectations' students.
> 

This seems unnecessarily convoluted.  Dumbledore could simply have 
told Snape, "You will accept Harry Potter in your NEWT class," or 
maybe "From now on, you will accept students who got an E in potions 
on their OWLS in your NEWT class."  Dumbledore is (or *was* ::sob::) 
the headmaster, and the headmaster runs the school.

--JZC