[HPforGrownups] Hermione compulsive?

[Katie Kearns]

No: HPFGUIDX 16575

At 01:35 AM 4/12/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Milz wrote:
>
> >I've got to admit, studying material that you know by heart over and
>over and over again,
> >seems a little extreme.
>
>Why do people keep saying this?  Hermione is very smart and could
>probably pull good grades without studying much, but that doesn't mean
>she doesn't have to study.
>
>Am I forgetting a reference?
>
>Amy Z

I agree -- there's a difference between intelligence and memory. I'm 
guessing that a lot of magic is memorizing, and that takes lots of time and 
study.

Sure, some people can pull Bs and As without studying much, but if you want 
to know *everything*, you have to do a good deal of work, even if you're 
the smartest person in the whole darn school.

Partly, she has to spend time catching up with the rest of the wizarding 
world -- she doesn't have 11 years of growing up in a magical household to 
fall back on. She also knows a lot more than the other students.  In book 
3, she just had so darn many classes. ;)

Also, she goes to the trouble of reading the material before class -- 
something that the other students don't do.  Even if you're smart, reading 
all those books takes time. And there's a good reason for reading before 
class -- that way you can refine what you know and ask intelligent 
questions during class, instead of just hearing the information for the 
first time.

-Katie, a recovering Hermione. ;)