Time-turning (was: Snape and DADA)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 112442


> SSSusan here:
I've explained several times to my 8-year-old daughter about how 
Buckbeak never did die.  But in her mind, he DID, and Harry & 
Hermione simply went back and CHANGED THE PAST so that he didn't die 
the second time.  Now, THAT much of TT I understand--that she is 
wrong about Beaky--but I can't seem to find the language to help her 
grasp it.
> 

Valky:
Hi Susan,
Maybe it would help your daughter to grasp the concept of time *not* 
changing by asking her to imagine how Hermione was at *all* her 
classes that year.
She *had* to start somewhere, so now lets say for arguments sake 
that she started with Arithmancy. She *must* live out the entire 
class before she can timeturn back for another one, meaning that 
this *first* time around she is *not* in Divination. But if we hop 
over to see Harry and Ron we find that Hermione *is* in divination.
She is there because she timeturns back and goes to be there *after* 
Arithmancy. But while Hermione is in Arithmancy Harry and Ron are in 
Divination *with* Hermione! 

Phew!

Effectively Hermione is in *two places at once* and one of the 
Hermione's is one hour older than the other. Because she is in 
Arithmancy and Divination *at once* it follows logically that she 
did not miss Divination the first time round.   

Ok, as I type, I am imagining the arguments an eight year olds 
imagination can come up with, and they are pretty good ones. If 
using Hermione's timeturning as an example helps it probably wont 
last once your daughter starts thinking about it LOL. 
Good Luck with that, I am stumped frankly. Time Travel is a very 
difficult thing to contemplate.