Muggleborn/OWLs/War/Fleur/Neville/Rubeus/Draco/Veil/Patronus/Occlumency

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 144918

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> ...edited...
> 
> Juli summarized Chapter 5 in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/144132 :
> 
> << 5) Which classes did Hermione actually took? And how is it
>  possible for anyone to get 12 OWLS (like Bill Weasley and 
> Barty Crouch Jr.)? Did they get Time-Turners? Or did they 
> study the classes on their own without any professors' 
> assistance? Is this what Hermione did? >>
>
> Catlady:
> 
> IIRC, Hermione received her 11 OWLs in:
> 
> 1. Astronomy
> 2. Care Of Magical Creatures
> 3. Charms
> 4. DADA
> 5. Herbology
> 6. History of Magic
> 7. Potions
> 8. Transfiguration
> 9. Ancient Runes
> 10. Arithmancy
> 11. ?????  
> 
> ...edited... Some listies have suggested that she ... could ace
> the Muggle Studies OWL without taking the class .... I suggested
> that the wizarding world is so different from the Muggle world 
> that there could be an OWL exam that only Prefects are allowed 
> to take ..., with questions about leadership and discipline and 
> authority.
> 
> I had another idea, that one History of Magic exam tests for 2 
> OWLs, ...edited... If they both got both 2 History OWLs and the 
> Prefect OWL, why didn't she?

bboyminn:

I don't think there is really any doubt that the 11th OWL was 'Muggle
Studies'. Remember, Hermione DID take one year of 'Muggle Studies', so
she would be aware of any variations be wizard preception of muggle
life and real muggle life.

The reason Bill and Percy were able to get 12 OWLs and Hermione was
not, I suspect, is because they had a more realistic view of what
achieving an OWL means. For Hermione, anything less than OUTSTANDING
would be considered failure. Bill and Percy, on the other hand, would
probably be more than satisfied with an 'Aceeptable' in any classes
they hadn't actually taken. 

So, for Hermione 12 OWLs means 12 'Outstanding' OWLs. For Bill and
Percy, 12 OWLs means, a much more realistic, a few 'Outstanding', a
few 'Exceeds Expectations', and a few 'Acceptable'.

I think it makes a lot more sense to speculate that Hermione's 11th
OWL was 'Muggle Studies' than it does to invent unheard of classes and
tests, or to speculated odd 'credits per class' methods.

But then...that's just my opinion.

Steve/bboyminn