Smack!
It sounded like a good head.
Crying out in pain and clutching his head, Harry suddenly remembered that Professor Snape could use Legilimency too, and had just demonstrated it on him...
Although his technique certainly fell short of Dumbledore's Legilimency, dealing with a young wizard like Harry apparently posed no difficulty whatsoever...
Harry behaved himself and dared not let his thoughts wander...
Seeing so many fascinating points of knowledge had made him a little too excited, and he had forgotten about this...
Harry continued taking notes, studying every point Professor Snape had left him.
Harry did know a thing or two about Snape's personality.
Even if Snape had changed genders, the underlying logic behind much of her behavior would not change. At most, some of its outward expressions would be a little different.
She was nothing like those evil textbooks, which padded their word counts with a heap of miscellaneous nonsense just to make the book's length and word count look more impressive and squeeze out a few more Galleons...
Anything Professor Snape wrote down had to be important, something best not overlooked, so naturally Harry had to study it carefully...
To put it simply and plainly.
Everything in a textbook needed to be summarized and organized before it could be absorbed. Otherwise, there was too much nonsense, and memorizing all of it was useless.
Oh, right, he could follow Hermione's example and mindlessly recite the textbook during exams. That did make it a tiny bit useful.
Of course, Snape's teaching points really could not be treated that way...
There was not a single unimportant point in the material Snape provided. It was all approaches to channeling magic, the principles behind it, casting techniques, and casting effects.
Missing even a little could easily leave significant gaps in his practical