Interesting question

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Rachel Bray" <bray.262 at o...> wrote:
> This was from the daily calendar:
> 
> Harry and Ron didn't quite know what to make of Hermione when 
> they first encountered her.  Do you think you would be friends with 
> Hermione upon first meeting her?
> 
> My answer is no.  She came across exactly like the type of kid I 
> hated being around.  It would have to take a mutual experience like 
> they (Harry, Ron and Hermione) had to make me friends with her.  
> Then again, most of the people I grew up with were very Weasley 
> twins-ish.  So, Hermione would have REALLY rubbed me wrong 
> when first meeting her.
> 
> Don't get me wrong.  I'm nuts about her now.  :-)

If I met Hermione on the Hogwarts Express in SS/PS, I would have found 
her to be very irritating with her chatter. Ditto for her chattering 
before the Sorting Ceremony.

After the first Potions class, I would have been very wary about 
Hermione. She would have struck me as a "gunner" and a "throat"; the 
worst combination in student types possible. A gunner is an extremely 
studious student. They don't necessarily have "natural" intelligence, 
but they make up for it with their studying. A throat is short for 
"cut throat", that kind of student who'll do anything to increase his 
standing in the class, including making others appear comparatively 
incompetent. 

So, I wouldn't have liked Hermione after the first couple of days of 
school.

:-)Milz (whose academic life exposed her to "turtles" and "sponges" 
too)