Hermione's placement

[jferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 43199

Alina:"Hermione in the end of PS/SS told Harry that "bravery and 
courage" are more important than "books and cleverness". She values 
the Gryffindor attributes more than she values the Ravenclaw ones. I 
believe that's the reason she's in Gryffindor."

Yes! There's a lot more to Hermione that books and cleverness, and we 
(and Hermione) are discovering what it is more and more.

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Dumbledore sat down and picked up his cup. "It does seem strange that 
after all this time we've not had the opportunity to get to know each 
other. Have you ever thought, Miss Granger, why it is that you, the 
best student this school has seen in many years, are in Gryffindor 
House and not in Ravenclaw?"

Hermione looked uncomfortable, as she always did when she faced a 
question she couldn't answer instantly; but there was more to her 
uneasiness. "I don't know, Professor. I suppose that I was too busy to 
wonder about it. Not just with schoolwork, I mean, but with helping 
Harry... I really don't know why."

"Indeed, Miss Granger. You helped Harry. The Sorting Hat is very old 
and very subtle, and it has seen dangerous times before. It not only 
knows what is best suited for each student, it knows what is best for 
the school and our world at large. And when the Hat senses Hogwarts 
needs a champion to defend it, it chooses one. Or two. Or several."

Hermione stared at the Headmaster. "Do you mean the Hat chose me - and 
Ron too? - to help and support Harry? And not just for what I was 
suited for? I didn't know it would do that..." her voice trailed off.

"Ah, Miss Granger, the Sorting Hat knew what it was doing for your 
sake, too. Consider. You came here with intelligence and talent, ready 
to acquire knowledge. When you leave here you will have all that, but 
you will also have wisdom and bravery you scarcely imagined. Among the 
great you are, and will be, all because of the experiences you have 
been through. I haver never seen any student grow the way you have in 
the time you have been here. I never shall again."

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I put that point in the form of a little vignette because I hope it 
illustrates the drift of how there are choices being made all over the 
place, and not just by humans. And, like in our Muggle world, things 
happen for a reason.