Harry's innate abilities

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 45098

Michelle originally wrote:
>>>>I'm sure that you can inherit sports abilities, now I'm not that
much of a sports fan (I'll get back to that) so lets take singers
many offspring of singers have followed in their Dad's/Mum footsteps -
both of John Lennons son's have released their on albums and most
recently Ozzy Osborne's daughter has released her first single - so if
singing can be inherited why not sport abilities? <<<

So I tried to argue:
>>>>I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to stop you there.  I completely
disagree.  Talent is not inherited; opportunity is.  Lennon's son and
Ozzie Osbourne's daughter are in "the know" that is all.  Being able
to carry a tune is not talent.<<<<

Michelle then rebutted:
>>>>Lennons sons by all accounts can do more than carry a tune. As for
Ozzy's daughter I'm not a fan it's just that shes the most recent.
While I admit that being on the inside as it were is an advantage it
is not the be all and end all. You still need to be able to sing to
sell the records.<<<


Me again:
I think we are splitting hairs on whether or not these two kids have
talent.  I believe they made and sold records based more on their
father's fame than their own.  That is just my pure opinion and should
not be used by me to say that they *definitely* do not have talent.
I'm sorry.

Talent, to me, is something more extraordinary than just skill.  We
inherit similar skills as our parents because we inherit their
physical characteristics.  Like Hagrid's large body.  He completely
inherited his size and girth which is very helpful in his gameskeeper
skills of dragging Christmas trees around the place.  It is skill that
he can wrestle trolls.  It is just his large size.  Frankly, our
parents raise us up exercising our bodies in the ways they learned
which produced thier skills.

Skills can be honed.  Talent cannot.  Talent is more ethereal.  It
just comes and goes as it pleases into lives.  One cannot explain why
Beethoven was so talented in composing.  No one in his family had ever
written music, and no one has since.  It was a sort of "genetic"
anomaly that touched down and left in the same generation.


Michelle then wrote:
>>> I disagree I could practice until the cows come home and I would
never be able to carry a musical note that would actually be in tune.<<<

Me:
I agree. I could practice for hours and never be flexible enough to be
a gymnast (though God knows I've tried).  I forget not everyone can
carry a tune.  It is so ingrained in me to sing.  It is just, even
though I can carry a tune, I do not have talent in the field.  I can
sing for hours and never sound like Kelly Clarkson or Celine Dion.
The ability to carry a tune is not an extraordinary feat.  Which is
where, I guess, public opinion enters.  Part of talent is whether or
not we agree it is talent.


So now to bring it all back to Harry Potter Reality where we all
live...it is told that Harry has talent for quidditch.  It is
something that came easy for him and distinguishes him from other
students, players, and seekers.  Most sports are based solely on
physical attributes.  Harry is small and sleek which aids in his
abilities.  He has searching eyes which actually are not that "good"
since he does have to wear glasses.  I guess Harry's talent is that he
is fast.  He cannot help it and it is just a gut reaction.

Sigh, I hope this better explains why I disagreed with you.  My head
is swimming with ideas that I hope I explained correctly.

Melody
Who is on cloud nine today.  Her first love, and only competition with
Harry Potter for her attention, Beauty and the Beast came out on DVD
today with extra footage.  :)  "Heaven. I'm in Heaven..."