Harry's abilities (normal or otherwise)

[Becky Penar]

No: HPFGUIDX 10532

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rina Stewart" <rina at l...> wrote:
> Keith wrote:
> 
> <<Actually I just thought of something curious - why hasn't Harry, 
son 
> of two of the best students at Hogwarts in recent years, shown 
signs 
> of being a brilliant student like them? 
> 
> Well, it could be motivation. James and his friends were actively 
looking to do this. And who's to say that Lupin, for instance, wasn't 
a male Hermione? ;) Refresh my memory, when did someone refer to J&L 
as the best students? 

Somewhere it is mentioned that Lily and James were head boy and girl, 
thus implying major studiousness.  But I guess that's just an 
assumption, no one has said that Percy gets the best grades, yet he 
is a prefect. We don't know the criteria for being head boy and girl, 
perhaps it's more of a role model thing? (Obviously, then, James' 
wanderings around using the Marauder's map and becoming an animagus 
went unnoticed)