The Sorting Hat

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No: HPFGUIDX 87443

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spang_b" <spang_b at y...> wrote:
> 
> My premise is that people who are showing characteristics of 
> houses other than their own also tend to be good at the subject the  
> head of the house teaches.
> 
> Neville -- Hufflepuff: shows aptitude for Herbology, the subject 
> of Professor Sprout, head of Hufflepuff.
> 
> Hermione -- Ravenclaw: is best in jinxes, spells and other charms 
> work, the subject of Professor Flitwick, head of Ravenclaw
> 
> Marauders-- James, Sirius and Lupin are all unusually good at 
> Transfiguration, the subject of Prof. McGonagall current head of 
> Gryffindor and also Prof. Dumbledore, previous head of Gryffindor.
>   
> Only Harry shows aptitude for DADA and Ron not particularly for 
> any one subject. This does not however, take away from this 
> interesting fact, does it?
> 

Nice piece of logical thinking here. Give that person a  Butterbeer.
Why shouldn't the Head of House reflect the magical inclinations of
students sorted into their Houses in addition to the personality traits
read by the Hat?

Neville and  Hermione, yes. Harry -  well, to  study DADA you must
know about the Dark Arts to  be able  to defend against them. And
Dark Arts is Slytherin.  Will Harry be the next Snape?

Ron doesn't seem to show  much aptitude for Transfiguration (yet),
but perhaps he'll catch up with Gred and Forge eventually. At least
he didn't seem to mess up his Transfiguration OWL exam though he
seems to have made mistakes in most other subjects. Could be that
this is his 'least worst' subject, which is a back-handed way of
defining 'best'.

Kneasy