What can Harry teach Hermione in DA ?

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 74620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "silvercatofbast" > In short, 
Hermione just likes learning, she would have trouble being 
> as practical as Harry who is the average student and will only 
> bother with something if he thinks it'll be useful. and since he's 
> the resident expert amoung the students, he's the only one who 
> anyone will surrender an argument to when it comes to opinions 
about 
> praticality (not who has the most worthwhile opinion, but who is 
> believed to).
> Later!

Knowing stuff and knowing how and when to use stuff is the 
difference between experts and artisans. Hermione has frozen up 
repeatedly (the troll in the bathroom, the devil's snare) even 
though she has LOTS of knowledge. Harry does things by instinct. 
Sometimes he does things by accident (jumping on the troll and 
jamming his wand up its nose), but he always is willing to act. He 
oozes magic, even without a wand, he's made things happen that he 
did not consciously plan. I expect that he will ultimately defeat 
Voldemort without a wand in hand. 
As far as what he can teach Hermione, he can help her learn to make 
quicker decisions without weighing every possible outcome when in 
the middle of a crisis. She's got the smarts, she just needs to be 
less analytical when a fast decision must be made. Still, she's done 
amazingly well, especially when she gets Harry out of Umbridge's 
clutches by leading her into the forest! That was quick thinking 
that didn't even involve magic. Still, when Harry decides to study, 
his powers are formidable! Now, he sees more and more reason to be 
serious about school, at least about DADA!

Karen