Draco as Student

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No: HPFGUIDX 17310

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Magda Grantwich wrote:

<snip>
> 
> > I think we can assume things from the canon and one of those 
things is
> > that Draco is not a student knocking himself out for high 
academic
> > honours.
> 
> Why is your assumption any more valid than Heidi's assumption that 
he
> might just as easily be a really bright kid academically?  As best 
I can
> tell, there are arguments that cut both ways.  There's more than 
one
> valid interpretation of most things IMO.
> 
> Penny

Yes, but since really bright students are much rarer than average 
students, shouldn't the burdern of proof be on Heidi? I think that 
Magda's argument is valid in this case. I mean, we assume the 
ordinary unless there is evidence for the extroadinary, right? 
So, unless there is evidence to the contrary (which there isn't) it's 
*more* valid to assume that Draco is not very bright academically.

BTW, what about my recent argument (newbies alert -> to which nobody 
responded!) that Draco isn't particularly bright based on his not so 
witty witticisms?

Naama