Prof. Trelawney deserves credit!

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42748

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Gail Bohacek" <gandharvika at h...> wrote 
about Trelawney's predictions:
 
> Page 229: "I have seen that poor Prof. Lupin will not be with us for 
very long." Confirmed...Lupin had to leave Hogwarts by the end of PoA.
 
> Page 176: To Harry; "My inner eye sees past your brave face to the 
troubled soul within."  Confirmed.  Though Harry denies it, he still 
hurts because of his parents' death.
> 
> "I see difficult times ahead for you, alas...most difficult."  
Confirmed.
> 
> Page 176: "I fear the thing you dread will indeed come to pass, and 
perhaps sooner than you think."  Confirmed...it crosses Harry's mind 
that the thing he dreads the most is Lord Voldemort returning.>

I still don't see any of these things as real predictions or psychic 
ability on Trelawney's part.  If Trelawney knew, as I thought all of 
the professors did (I could be wrong, as it isn't stated in PoA), that 
Lupin is a werewolf, it is a very good guess that he won't last at 
Hogwarts.  That's being realistic, not psychic.  We all know what a 
hard time Lupin has had.

As for her predictions about Harry, I have to once again say that 
anyone can guess that Harry will be dealing with tough times.  Someone 
is always after him, whether it is Voldemort himself, the press (Rita 
Skeeter) or the public (Colin Creevey).  I also think Trelawney is 
taking a cheap shot when she talks about his "troubled soul".  Which 
13 year old kid without parents doesn't have a troubled soul?  Who 
wouldn't feel troubled knowing that someone as big and bad as 
Voldemort was after them?  Anyone who can read people can make these 
guesses.  I can read my own students in this way; it doesn't make me 
psychic.

--jenny from ravenclaw ******************