[HPFGU-OTChatter] is Hermione gifted?

[Shaun Hately]

On 1 Jun 2002 at 13:54, poco214 (Dana) 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?

Hermione is definitely gifted, IMHO, and that of many other people involved in 
advocacy. She fits the profile of a gifted kid who has received fairly appropriate 
education reasonably well, and part of the reason she likes Hogwarts and her 
lessons there so much may be that they are challenging her in new ways. The 
puzzle with the bottles in PS/SS is a fairly classic logic problem of the type used in 
some tests - a very advanced one for an 11 year old to solve in her head.

Harry also fits another gifted profile - he's less interested in academic work, but 
certainly seems capable, and he does seem to have an inquiring mind, etc. If I 
wanted to get psychological (-8, I'd suggest that part of the reason he has less 
interest in academic work is the likelihood he was not challenged before he went to 
Hogwarts - somehow I doubt the Dursley's took much interest. He also has 
Quidditch, and other things in his life, as real priorities.

Ron could very easily be gifted as well - it's not incredibly obvious, but giftedness 
quite often isn't. Skill at Chess shows some logic skills are likely. Being a younger 
brother in a large family can tend to 'disguise' giftedness to an extent.

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