Hermione Aging via Time turner

[karywick]

No: HPFGUIDX 53579

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
> > 
> Really? Hmm I guess that's understandable since British schools 
tend to be
> very rigid about what year you're in. If you're 11 before the first 
of
> September you're in that school year. I've even seen it split twins 
up (one
> born one side of midnight the other born a few hours later, and the 
next
> day) As such a younger student at most schools in this country 
would be
> unheard of - it is more likely in public schools however, so 
between that
> and the fact it's a magic school it doesn't seem that unlikely - if 
you can
> accept that the school students are selected on the basis of their 
names
> being recorded by a magic quill (that may or may not cope with name 
changes
> and immigration) then it bumping Hermione up a year because of her 
abilities
> isn't that hard to believe. She's either one of the oldest or one 
of the
> youngest in her year and I think her behaviour is that of someone 
younger
> than the others.
> I think the way she is always trying to show her intelligence is 
her trying
> to prove to everyone (including herself) that she belongs there - 
it strikes
> me as a symptom of an underlying insecurity - probably not helped 
by her
> being a muggleborn.
> 
I am not Britsh but was born in Ohio where there was a strict law 
that if born after Sept 1st you had to pass a rigid test to get 
admitted to school early.  Since I was already reading on a 2-3rd 
grade level and doing my sister's 2nd grade math workbooks, very 
bored and driving my parents crazy they got me tested and I went into 
1st grade at 5.  I was the youngest in my class all throughout 
school.  I have to admit that many of my behaviors all the way up to 
probably graduation from highschool were like Hermiones and were very 
similar due to feelings of insecurity due to my younger age and 
always feeling that because I was younger I had to prove myself 
(Although I really didn't have to work too hard).  So yes, although I 
am not English - I am a proponent of the younger Hermione theory 
thinking that a magical quill can bump a person up sensing that they 
are ready or for some reason "needed" at Hogwarts at that time.  
Maybe we'll find out for sure someday how old and who and her parents 
Hermione really are (if not just who they seem to be).

Kary