H/H shippers clues

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 8133

-- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:

> So, so far, *every* teenager who has been questioned by someone on 
this
> group has said that they think Hermione likes Harry.  

  Doesn't this seem strange to you?  From my knowlege of kids that age 
it seems odd that it would be unanimous.  It's specifically the time 
in many young lives when it begins to be fun to hold a dissenting 
opinion.  So I've begun wondering about the question.  

> > ME: "So, you know that kiss at the end of Goblet of Fire? Where
> > Hermione kisses Harry?"
> > MICHAEL: Yeah.
> > ME: Is that significant?

  I wonder, if you asked your average group of 8th graders who hadn't 
already discussed the topic simply if any of the characters had 
romantic feelings for each other, without having brought up the kiss, 
whether the responses might have been more varied.  I don't know that 
it would, but it seems worth a try in the spirit of research.

Pollsters, take note - does anyone have a group of previously unpolled 
8th graders lying around?  I can ask the two or three I have easy 
access to, but it won't be much of a sample.

kimberly