[HPforGrownups] Re: Neville's Wand (Was: OWLs & future Aurors)

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 75196


> bboy_mn:
>
> Gryffindor yet almost a RavenClaw? That would be Hermione. Remember
> when Hermione gave every one the time/date Galleon coins at one of
> their DA meetings in the latest book? She said she put a Protean charm
> on them and someone commented how brainy she was, and asked why she
> wasn't in Ravenclaw. Hermione said the Sorting Hat thought about
> putting her in Ravenclaw.

I fear no one is going to agree with me, but I don't think Hermione belongs to 
Ravenclaw. The SHat didn't take much time to sort her, so it decided quickly 
she was G, even if allowing time for the doubt.

IMO, she studies too hard to be a Ravenclaw. I see them as the advanced group 
taking the same lessons as others. If they pay atention in class, they don't 
have to spend much time studying later (so they can have a good Quidditch 
team).

They are shown in the library? I spent a lot of time at school library in my 
teens. Writing notes to my roommates, flirting with boys, reading novels. All 
with absolute discrection and silence, of course. I studied one day per exam, 
never more, always getting top marks. I had a few friends that did the same. 
So I think Hermione studies too hard.

I'm not saying Ravenclaw aren't eager to learn, just they don't need to put 
the same effort into it as the other Houses. 

silmariel