Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 9

''academically he is a rather lazy student, usually getting by on average or just-above average grades and often relying on Hermione's help. Potions, in particular, has always proved tedious and difficult for him, partially due to his strained relationship with Professor Snape.'' That may be so, but still even in Potions, it was explicitly mentioned at the end of OoP in the examination scene that when only Snape's disturbing presence is removed, it turns out he actually has learnt a lot, even from Snape, getting an E in the process. An E is obviously meant to intend precisely what it says and to be a really good grade, with O only reserved for some truly "outstanding" exceptions. Thus also the fact that he learns much more and much quicker, but also now in adding knowledge and skills to a solid basis, from Snape in his Prince-form is not as startling as it appears in first glance. - Slughorn may even be right; it may be his mother's genes that come to shine through. It may quite possibly be that if Snape had been teaching him for five years with all the skill he scribbled into his book, but with friendliness, he might have been a model Potions student from the beginning.--131.159.76.213 (discuss) 19:27, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Valid points. That's going to take some thought for the rewrite. Chazz (talk) 02:55, 16 March 2017 (UTC)