"Slytherin" Hermione?

[Susana da Cunha]

No: HPFGUIDX 112293



Sherrie:
"or her 112% on her Charms test"

DuffyPoo:
>Not to mention the 320% on her Muggle Studies exam! ;-)<


Susana:
" that Hermione has fear of failure and that's why she tries so hard to be
perfect."

DuffyPoo:
>A 'fear of failure' and hence a thirst to prove herself.  She's been thrust
into a world she knows nothing of, fears failure, and so "Hermione Granger
was on the edge of her seat and looked desperate to start proving that she
wasn't a dunderhead."<

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Ok, I wasn't sure I should go further on this. I spent most of my school
years trying and failing to convince my friends that the fact that I was
disappointed with 90% in a test was not a thirst to prove myself. I'm not
expecting to convince you but I thought I should add my view to the
discussion.

A very intelligent person (I'm not half as intelligent as Hermione) rarely
has the *need* to prove one self, less even a *thirst* to prove one self.
IMO, in Hermione's case, fear of failure has *nothing* to do with wanting to
prove herself. She fears failure not because other people will think she's
dumb; but because *she* will know she has limits. When I found out what my
limits were I had an acute depression (and I'm not half as intelligent as
Hermione). She fears failure because she fears her limitations and what will
be impossible for her due to those limitations. I doubt she's concern about
disappointing others (half of what she is would be good enough) or even
herself.

I remember your quote vaguely but I don't know where it's from (please
inform). Nevertheless, the quote doesn't state she *wanted* to prove
herself; is states she *looked* like she wanted to prove herself. The fact
that I never convinced my friends that I had no wish to prove myself makes
me assume that I *looked* like that.



Susana

who identifies more with Hermione than she did at the beginning of this
thread.