[HPforGrownups] Re: The Bull's Eye on Hermione's Back

[Dan Delaney]

No: HPFGUIDX 46185

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 03:18 PM, Susan Miller wrote:
> I remember being impressed when I read it because there had been
> no discussion of how she learned.

Sure there was. She learned to fly the same way all of the students 
learned to fly: IN MADAM HOOCH'S CLASS. Just because their first broom 
flying class was cut short doesn't mean they never had any more 
classes. Presumably, broom flying classes are a standard part of the 
curriculum for first years. Just because we don't see Hermione flying a 
broom during the books, there's no reason to assume that she didn't 
learn how to fly. We don't see most of the other students flying around 
either (pretty much only the Quidditch players), but they ALL learn how 
to fly brooms during their first year, as evidenced by the fact that 
they all take a broom flying class from Madam Hooch.

--Dan