Time-turning (was: Snape and DADA)

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 112551

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tylerswaxlion" 
<ctcasares at s...> wrote:
> And the more we discuss PoA in depth, the more I really think that
> McGonnigal and Dumbledore were extremely rash in allowing Hermione 
to
> TT for more classes.  Yes, she's the brightest wizard of her age. 
> Yes, she obeyed the rules and nothing "bad" happened.  But it cost
> Hermione roughly a month or so of her life (living 1-3 or 
more "extra"
> hours all school year--in effect 27 hour days in a 24 hour 
period).  

GEO: You're forgetting that the wizards can age 1/2 the rate as 
normal people. It's not exactly a large sacrifice in itself and in 
the end she still had the same amount of time on Earth as the rest 
of them.


> Did anyone at Hogwarts consult with Dr. & Dr.
> Granger, explaining the "lost month" of life?  There's no canon for
> it, so we just have to guess, but it bothers me that the "good 
guys"
> would do something so risky with a 13 y/o.

GEO: I really don't think the Grangers at this moment care. If they 
allowed their daughter to go back after the basilisk petrified her, 
I don't think they'd care about a month off her life.

> 
> I guess I don't think Muggle Studies and Divination were worth the
> price of a month of her life.
> 
> Of course, giving Hermione a TT was necessary for the plot of a fun
> book and *Harry* is our protagonist.  But I still don't like it.

GEO: And the life lessons that Hermione learns from the tt I think 
is certainly worth it.