is Hermione gifted?

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., poco214 <poco214 at c...> wrote:
> With all the talk about gifted/PG children, does anyone think that Hermione is 
either gifted or profoundly gifted?  Should there be a program for gifted magical 
students?

I'm no expert, I only know what I needed to leran inorder to deal wtih my own kids.  
But I really like the following list, which I believe was developed as a 
hands-on-down-and-dirty wayt to help teachers differentiate between bright and 
gifted kids.  According to this list, it might be Harry that's gifted, not earnest, 
hard-working Hermione.  (Please accept my apologies in advance for any 
formatting mixups -- it's supposed to be columns that compare similar qualities 
in bright vs gifted.)

Comparison of Bright vs Gifted


Bright Child                  Gifted Child
  
Knows the answers.      Asks the questions.

Interested.                  Extremely curious.

Pays attention.               Gets involved physically and mentally.

Works hard.                    Plays around, still gets good test scores.

Answers questions.             Questions the answers. 
      
Enjoys same-age peers.        Prefers adults or older children.
                  

Good at memorization.   Good at guessing.

Learns easily.          Bored. Already knew the answers.

Listens well.           Shows strong feelings  and opinions.

Self-satisfied.         Highly critical of self (perfectionistic).