[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's abilities (normal or otherwise)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 10550

Charmian wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Keith Fraser" <keith.fraser at s...>
> wrote:
> > Why isn't Harry, son of two of the best students at Hogwarts, one
> of
> > whom managed to become an Animagus at age 15, a better wizard?
> > Academically he seems a fairly ordinary Joe, certainly compared to
> > Hermione, even if he is extremely brave and brilliant at Quidditch.
>
> I don't think he is necessarily a bad wizard. We know that Hermione's
> truly brilliant, and that Crabbe and Goyle aren't that bright, but we
> don't know exactly where Harry stands in his class academically.

It's not all academics. Harry's got an innate ability to fly, which is
apparently quite impressive--a World Cup commenter (Bagman) and an
international Quidditch star (Krum) both mention it.

--Amanda