The dating game

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 68372

Steven:>Who is dating whom is not only the top subject of 
conversation, but for many students it is the thing that is formost 
on their minds, especially for girls. <snip>I have seen the girls in 
action, if a girl of Hermione's age had interest in Ron, she would 
either be making his life a living hell for not noticing or would be 
 totally ignoring, hoping to make his life a living hell.>

Me(Kirstini):
What rubbish. And rather offensively generalising, too. Your tone 
suggests that all "the girls" have only two possible personalities; 
sadistic cow or stalker. Hermione is an individual character whose 
personality is simply not compatible with either of these two 
standpoints (apologies to top ESE!Hermione theorist Kneasy). Neither, 
I would imagine, are the vast majority of your students. As someone 
who was Hermione's age nine years ago, I found her 
procrastination/wearied acceptance very convincing. It's just not a 
way she'd work.
Kirstini