Hermione using the time turner in POA

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 111448

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "agreensaver" 
<agreensaver at y...> wrote:
> In the book Hermione is always dead tired because she can't finish 
all
> her homework. What's keeping her from finding a secret room in
> Hogwarts, locking the door, holing up for three hours, and then
> repeating the hours with the time turner? Same goes for getting 
enough
> sleep.
> 
> Also - although Hermione gave up on using the time turner after 
third
> year, we would assume that she would continue using it had she 
decided
> to keep the courses. So she would actually be repeating at least two
> hours out of every day, from third to seventh year. Wouldn't someone
> notice that she ages unnaturally quickly?
> This might be a problem with people who use time turners routinely 
for
> their jobs as well...

For sake of answering... :)

First, I'd assume that Hermione would have adhered strictly to the 
rules on that score... she only breaks them to help Harry, not just 
herself. So, since she only had it for the purpose of attending 
classes, she only used it for the classes themselves.

As for the aging, assuming 4 hrs every weekday for 9 months would add 
up to ~32 days worth of doubled-up time. That wouldn't be noticable 
even with her youth, and the cumalitive effect would still pale in 
comparison to her natural aging over any length of time.

Josh