No fire in the office

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 88028

Carol wrote:
BTW, I disagree with the person who suggested that he acquired his 
knowledge solely by hard work. He has great natural gifts, including 
logic and the knowledge of a great many hexes before he even entered 
school. I think that, like Hermione, he has a photographic memory 
that enabled him to practically reproduce the textbook on his DADA 
O.W.L.)

vmonte responds:
I agree Snape is brilliant. I still think that he worked very hard to 
become that way.  And yes, he is very like Hermioine---who also works 
very hard. There is nothing wrong with hard work.