[HPforGrownups] Draco's marks

[Porphyria]

No: HPFGUIDX 35009

On Sunday, February 10, 2002, at 05:29 PM, catlady_de_los_angeles wrote:
> FR mdawson_design wrote:
>
> > Draco has been getting poor marks from all his teachers - refer to
> CoS - Draco & his father in Nocturne Alley & their conversation about
> Draco's poor marks (and specifically about muggle born Hermione
>
> In that conversation, Lucius said: "I would have thought you'd be
> ashamed that a girl of no wizard family beat you in every exam." That
> does not PROVE that Draco had poor marks, only that his marks weren't
> as good as Hermione's. If they were BETTER than anyone but Hermione,
> then they were good marks that a decent parent would praise. I want
> to believe that Draco is an intelligent child, altho' he (alas) does
> not act intelligent while feuding with Harry.

I'm curious about this subject. Fans of Draco often seem to construe him 
as being really bright. Personally, I'm not sure about that, but I might 
be missing something. What sort of canonical evidence is there? Do we 
have any other indicators of his academic performance besides this 
conversation with Lucius? It's a little hard to interpret: Lucius 
remarks that if Draco's school marks don't pick up that he'll only be 
fit for being a thief or a plunderer. This could imply is marks are low, 
or it might just be an index of Lucius' offense that Draco's was bested 
by Hermione, perhaps just edged out by her.

So is he really a star, or do Crabbe and Goyle just make him look that 
way in comparison? Any Draco fans want to explain?

~~Porphyria



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