Ron's academic achivements in book 5

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No: HPFGUIDX 77618

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vecseytj" <vecseytj at t...> 
wrote:
> and when Hermione
> corrects his homework, she says, thats fine Harry, I just had to
> correct mice to ice.  Ron on the other hand had Hermione write an
> entire conclution for him.  And that paper (if I'm not mistatken 
and I
> very well could be) was the paper that he got a failing grade on 
from
> Snape.  And Ron got a passing.

No, that paper was for his astronomy class, and we are never told
what grade he or Ron received.  The potion essay that
Harry received a failed grade on was the one he did while he was
in detention with Umbridge and simply did not have a time to do
homework.

> But, I do think that
> Ron and Harry are very normal about there school work.

Yes, I have a 15 year old boy and it drives me nuts how he always
forget his homework. His grades suffer a lot, and yet he knows well
the subject matter (as indicated by tests). I think this is also
the case for Harry - he knows the material a lot better than what
his grades show. I am not sure if
this is also true for Ron. Ron is certainly bright (or he could
not be such a good chess player), but I suspect that Harry is
smarter - and will get better OWL results.

> I can tell you now I
> wouldn't read the books if they were all perfect and did their
> homework on time and never got mad of goofed off or well, started
> necking in the D.A. room.  That's the fun of the books.

Yup that's why I loved OoP - because their behaviour was so
realistic. What I hate about most children's books is how the
hero is never angry or displays negative emotions or behaviours
(although a supporting character may). But I read that younger
readers had trouble with Harry in OoP for that reason. I guess
you need to have been a teen yourself to really understand how
he felt and accept it as normal.

Salit