Hogwarts Homework -- Practicing Spells Away From School

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No: HPFGUIDX 114339

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <hpfanmatt at g...> wrote:
> Angie wrote: 
> > Well, Hermione's parents are Muggles, and she apparently 
> > practiced spells before she ever set foot at Hogwarts.  
> > Hermione told Ron [and] Harry in SS, the first time she met 
> > them, "I've tried a few simple spells, just for practice 
> > and it's all worked for me."
> 
> Matt wrote:
True.  Possibly just an inconsistency; she never discusses practicing
> spells outside of school after the first year.  Rowling might 
say "it
> was overlooked because the Muggle-born students hadn't yet been told
> not to do spellwork outside of school." 
> 
To which Angie would respond:
Hard to believe Hermione didn't know about the restrictions, since 
she apparently knows every rule ever written about everything!  But I 
guess she didn't know, because she wasn't a rulebreaker at that 
point.