Draco as student/teacher's pet

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 17130

Hi --

Yeah ... I'm still here.  :--)

Magda Grantwich wrote:

> Heidi said: > While a lot of what Dinah says, about Draco not
> "work[ing] for achievements" and not seeming to be a rgeat student are
> perfectly
> > reasonable conjectures based on canon, these things are not
> > explicitly stated in canon. In other
> > words, it's just as likely that when Lucius Malfoy was criticising
> > Draco's marks in the begining of CoS, he was saying that he
> > expected Draco to be at the top of the class - number one - but
> > Hermione was, and therefore he was
> > merely number two, or something close to it.
>
> Magda: I don't think so.  If Draco is Number Two (or for the sake of
> argument even in the Top Ten), then there would be references in the
> books to Draco in the library or dragging twenty books around like
> Hermione does.  There is nothing to indicate that he is anything more
> than a regular student.

Ah, but he could be naturally very bright.  Maybe if he was seen
dragging lots of books around, he'd be Number One *instead of*
Hermione.  Plenty of very bright people do quite well in academia
without ever seemingly cracking a book.  We also don't see Draco 100% of
the time either.  I don't think lack of references to Draco with books
is at all conclusive.

Penny



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