[HPforGrownups] Re: Am I the only one...

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 134840

Irene Mikhlin wrote:
>> [Hermione]is in fact a mediocre Potions student, not curious, 
>> afraid to experiment, only good in following the instructions to 
>> a 't'. 

shagufta:
> i personally wouldnt call Hermione mediocre, in all the potion
> classes we've seen she gets exact results, there are umpteen times 
> we see that she is the only one who gets her potion the exact 
> colour and texture that it should be. she even helps Neville on 
> the sly and prevents his toad from getting poisoned. Afraid to 
> experiment? this is the girl who brews Polyjuice Potion in her 
> second year.... And to cap it all, the first time she is judged by 
> an unbiased teacher she gets an an outstanding in potions 


Hermione is a very good student but not a risk taker. Snape, whose grasp of potioneering is brilliant in all the books, is obviously an instinctive risk taking potion maker like (Lily Evans), and Hermione's Straight laced approach was bound to get some derision from Snape.

Bex