Students names (was:Re: Thestral Boy (was : Forever Wicked?))

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No: HPFGUIDX 75165

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" 
<bibphile at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "biggladolaf" 
> <biggladolaf at y...> wrote:
> me (bibphile):
> I agree that Harry should know, but he doesn't.  His herbology 
> class is the same size and we saw at the beggining of OotP 
that he 
> either doesn't know or isn't sure or severasl of their names.  
Harry 
> doesn't seem to bother to learn the names of people unless 
they 
> associate with him somehow.  Being in the same class just 
ins't 
> enough.  Maybe it's because he's got alot going on and doesn't 
have  
> time.  Or maybe it's because as a kid im muggle-school none 
of the 
> other students wanted anything to do with him so he just gor 
used 
> to never reaching out.  I don't think we've ever seen him start a 
> converation with someone new.  They've either introduced 
> hemselves,like Ron, or been introduced to him, like Oliver.
> 
> Olaf: 
> >The Gryffindors in Harry's year . . .  That is eight. So at 
> most there are 12 Slytherins in his year. That's not very many 
names 
> to learn. Even if he never talked to them he would at least know 
> their names. 
> > Olaf, glad and big
> >
> 
> I would agree.  Except for one thing.  There are only 20 people 
in 
> his hebology class and we've seen that he doesn't know their 
names.  
> Whay should he know the names of the 12 Slytherin if he 
doesn't know 
> the 12 Hufflepuff?  It doesn't matter how many names you or I 
know.  
> Harry doesn't know the names.  We saw that specifically in 
OotP.  It 
> also said that Hermione had to tell Harry who Theodore Nott 
was 
> (even though Nott is in his year and, I assume, his potions 
class).
> 
> bibphile

I don't think it's so hard believe that Harry doesn't catch students 
names.  It's not that Harry just isn't social with other students, he 
seems to avoid them if he can help it. I just assume (yes I know 
what ass-u-me means) that he avoids meeting too many new 
people because he thinks that they'll make a big deal about him 
being "THE Harry Potter". As familiar as some Hogwarts 
students are with him, he still gets a lot of pointing and staring 
from all the rest - And unless a student does something very 
interesting in class he is not likely to notice them because he 
usually has a lot of other things on his mind (like solving the 
mystery, exposing the bad guy, or surviving the term).

-QoE