"Slytherin" Hermione?

[potioncat]

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> 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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> Susana:
> 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.

Potioncat:
What is wrong with wanting to prove yourself?  The Sorting Hat said 
that Harry had a thirst to prove himself and I took that to be a 
good thing.  He'd been held down so long, he wanted to show what he 
was capable of. Why would it be wrong for Hermione?  She may be 
proving herself  to herself. (to the displeasure of her classmates.)
Potioncat