What can Harry teach Hermione in DA ?

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 74149

Zeynep Oner wrote:

> I agree that she had probably practised the spells
> herself, but she didn't used them "in action" as Harry
> had done. That's what they are trying to learn, not
> just the spells, nut the mentality of a fight. They
> are going over the spells because it should be very
> well known so that they won't stop to think, "shoot,
> what was the spell that made the opponent stop?" The
> mentality of the fight is what they  are learning. As
> "Moody" taught them some practical sense as well as
> curses, Harry is teaching them to fight.

I'm still not convinced, because we never see them do anything close 
to fighting. They practice the spells on each other like they do in 
Charms lesson, period. No fights, no threats, no fear, no surprise, 
no nothing. It's not even as good as the Duelling Club ! I mean, I 
don't have the book with me, but I remember one time when we get a 
description of what happens in the DA : people would jinx their 
partner, then wait around until their partner got up and jinxed them 
in turn. How exciting ! What kind of a combat training is that ? They 
are not at all learning the "mentality of fight". Best proof of it 
being, in my opinion, that when they learn Umbridge is coming for 
them, NOT ONE OF THEM tries to fight !! Harry tells them to run and 
they flee. But what are they afraid of ?? They know enough jinxes to 
get rid of the Inquisitorial Squad and probably even of Umbridge 
herself. It would be totally reckless, I know, and I'm not suggesting 
they should have done it. But I'm saying that if they had truly 
learned the mentality of fight, at least a couple of them would have 
wanted to try that. But none did. They learned jinxes, not fighting.

Del