Something I would like to see......

[saieditor]

No: HPFGUIDX 76327

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mom31" <mom31 at r...> wrote:
"mom31" <mom31 at r...> wrote:

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-I'd like to see Harry borrow some of Hermione's books and
start studying.  Knowledge is power!  I'd like Harry to learn as
much as he  can, and not  spend the summer brooding.  Of course
he'll mourn, but  he can still be  constructive.
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I think Harry has to learn from experience. He is learning at school, 
and Hogwarts schooling places a foundation. I am sure most of us 
don't remember our Elementary or High School lessons, unless 
something memorable occurred in those lessons. We don't get History 
of Magic with Professor Binns ad nauseum through the book; The only 
lessons recalled are where Binns departs from his boring syllabus to 
tell students something which is of importance to them. So lessons 
reported in the HP Canon are part of the narrative of important 
experiences in the lives of the students. 

Hogwarts education has its purpose and lays the foundation. 

Challenge and reaction, reaction and reflection, are the key learning 
points for Harry; not slogging through books in his holidays. 
Reflecting on experience shows him who he is, and it is only after 
the event others reveal more of the event which expands his 
experience and then, hhis learning.  Harry's learning builds on his 
previous experience and stretches who he is. Does Brooding, fear, and 
lurking in the Garden bed hoping to hear Muggle News about 
extraordinary events add anything to Harry?  

The "boy who lived" keeps on living, because of this foundation and 
input by others about both his reaction and his behaviour. 


Sai Editor