Professor Trelawney Scorecard?

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25517

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> I've just read Luke's superb post on references to the Grim.  
> Excellent, but I am not sure I totally agree that Professor 
Trelawney 
> is a complete fraud.
> 
> Firstly, she does have some psychic poweres, as she has had at 
least 
> two real predictions that we know of.


Good point.  If we are going to determine whether Trelawney is a 
fraud or not, we need to compare a list of her correct predictions 
versus her incorrect ones.

So far, Catherine has listed a few:

Lavendar's rabbit -- True
The Grim, tea leaves -- True
The Grim, crystal ball -- True
Voldemort will return -- True

A few others come to mind:

Hermione will leave class -- True
People born in July are "in great danger of sudden violent deaths" -- 
True (Well, maybe.  Harry certainly was in great danger in GoF.)
Harry was born in mid-winter -- False
"The thing [Harry] dreads will indeed come to pass" -- True

So far, Trelawney's not doing too badly.  This list isn't 
comprehensive (I don't have time to review all of T's predictions 
right now).  Can anyone help?
 
Cindy