Hermione's broomstick skills

[ZaraLyon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 46226

Maureen Amber wrote:

"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?" 

Well, first, I think it is fairly safe to assume that, regardless of whether 
Harry was or was not excused from flying after the first lesson, that those 
lessons did continue. There are references to the FIRST flying lesson (as 
opposed to the ONLY flying lesson), and also, if memory serves, I believe 
that although we know they took Herbology first year, we weren't actually 
shown a Herbology class until CoS, although I could be mistaken, in which 
case I'm sure the nearest LOON will offer a correction.

As to how we can say that Hermione probably does learn to fly at least 
competently, well, we are told that she had the best marks of the first 
years. Given that we are told that Neville's "good Herbology mark" makes up 
for his "abysmal Potions grade,"  it might just be that her other marks 
balanced out an average flying mark, it strikes me as out of character for 
Hermione to NOT learn something to the fullest extent possible. Especially in 
front of the Slytherins, I see her being very determined to master that broom 
or die trying!

Rhiannon, who should be either sleeping or studying for her Classical 
Mythology exam tomorrow... but is doing neither and hoping to develop a 
motivation to do one or the other.


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