The Bull's Eye on Hermione's Back

[amberhillcrest]

No: HPFGUIDX 46196

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dan Delaney <Dionysos at D...> wrote:

 > Sure there was. She (Hermoine) 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

Very true-- just because we don't read about something happening doesn't mean that it doesn't happen.  But isn't it interesting that there is only one flying lesson in the entire book?  I mean, there are some classes that appear more often in the books, but only one flying lesson (that gets interrupted).  I agree with you that they could have happened and were just not described in the book--- 

Here is another question--Even if we assume that Hermione has been taught to fly, who is to say that she is any good at it?  


-Maureen Amber