Prof. Trelawney deserves credit!

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42758

Gail Bohacek wrote:
> Mayhaps I'm mistaken, but I thought that Prof. Snape was the only one 
> who knew that Lupin was a werewolf?

You *are* mistaken. To quote canon: (Sp. ed. PoA, ch. 17, lib. trans.)
"They already know [that I'm a werewolf] -said Lupin-, At least, the 
teachers know."

> In an earlier post by "I don't know who" (because I was being 
> 'delete-happy' last night in my Inbox) somebody made an good point 
> that some-so-called psychics often phrase their words very vaguely, 
> so that it could mean just about anything. I'm sure that's what 
> Prof. Trelawney does.  Prof. Trelawney has some psychic abilities, 
> and I personally know people in real life who also are psychic, and 
> it really is a hit-or-miss kind of thing. Kinda like playing the 
> lottery. Because one can foresee possible outcomes of the future, but 
> one's present actions can turn and change things around. It's an 
> inexact science.

In my opinion, it cannot even rank the position of "inexact science". 
Psychiatry is an inexact scince. Pretending to be able to read the 
future is nothing but flim-flam and make believe, from my (cientific) 
point of view. But even if it *was* a science, it has no place at 
Hogwarts, since the way Trelawny "sees" the future is non-magical. Just 
like potions are only chemistry if you don't throw magic in, using the 
ages-old "distract the gullible while I read him like a book to know 
what he wants to hear" form of divination cannot be considered a 
magical subject. I believe that Trelawny is a real diviner, since she's 
had two real prophecies but, unfortunately, she hasn't tried to develop 
that power (although it's not really her fault, since she doesn't 
remember those predictions).
 
> -Gail B. who is still waiting to see if anybody knows which year 
> Harry was born...I thought I'd heard sometime in the '80's?

1980. Check the Lexicon for the full theory, but boiled down, it comes 
to: if Nick's death party is to be taken for truth, CoS takes place in 
1992. Harry was born 12 years before that book, thus he was born in 
1980.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf