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

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 134880

delwynmarch wrote:

> 
> Del replies:
> Yes, but at least *she* is learning all the bases, so that she *will*
> be able to experiment later if she chooses to. Ron won't, for sure,
> and I doubt Harry will ever be able to invent anything new except in DADA.

I'm not criticising her, and I'm not saying Harry is a better Potions 
student than her. In fact, Harry was a right little cheat in that book. :-)

> 
> I find it a bit absurd to criticise Hermione for following the
> instructions in a book, when *nobody* around her is doing any better.
> Everybody else is doing exactly the same thing, including Harry. And
> Hermione is easily the best at following instructions, remembering
> principles and applying her knowledge. When the time came for Harry to
> show some creativity by inventing a composite antidote, he was
> completely lost. He was saved only by the bezoar twist, but as far as
> concocting an antidote potion goes, he was dreadful, and Hermione
> wasn't.

And what about not understanding the (very straightforward) third law? 
Jeez, boy, grow some brain. ;-)

 > So I say let's recognise Hermione's
> amazing abilities, and let's stop asking her to be even more of a
> genius than she already is.

I love her. It's just before book 6 there were these arguments, would 
Snape be a better teacher for advanced students. And people used 
Hermione as an argument for why he would not. Well, for me book 6 
answered the question why Snape did not consider her a brilliant Potions 
student, and wasn't impressed by books memorised.

Irene