Also to be fair, class discipline is important in a class like potions. Potions that go wrong can go very dangerously wrong, even the first year potions which should be chosen on the basis of simplicity of the brewing process itself, and tolerant of poor ingredient preparation.
And I don't think we ever really saw a potions class dedicated to the theory of potions under Snape either, which would add a time pressure to at least some of the potions that a less skilled or prepared brewer (like, say, most of a class of children with little interest in the subject) would find difficult to cope with. Especially when they also have to integrate new theory.
And I don't think we ever really saw a potions class dedicated to the theory of potions under Snape either, which would add a time pressure to at least some of the potions that a less skilled or prepared brewer (like, say, most of a class of children with little interest in the subject) would find difficult to cope with. Especially when they also have to integrate new theory.