Am I the only one...

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 134934

---Big snippy
Juli:
> Intelligence has a new definition (don't have the quote, sorry), 
and 
> it is the capability to relate to others, to form relationships and 
> sustain them. Their ability to communicate. Hermione clearly 
doesn't 
> have it (remember in PS she had no friends?). Harry has it, Fred 
and 
> George have it, Ron also, Ginny a lot...
> 
> Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that, even though Hermione is 
very 
> smart, she doesn't have the ability to think abstractly, to invent, 
> create... She can't think outside the box.
> 
> Juli

There is a great deal of validity to your comments but don't forget 
the coins she created in OotP.  She had to spend a little time out of 
the box for that.  I think the intelegence you are talking about is 
refered to as "EQ"  or emotional intelegence.  I think Hermione has a 
fair amount of that as well.  Of course when she was 11 and in a new 
school, muggle born and scared to death, it was lacking but I think 
it is pretty high at this point.  She certainly had her finger on the 
pulse of what was bothering Cho better than Harry did.

I don't see Ron having any at all until the end of HBP when he had 
run through Lavender and finaly came into his own.

Sue(hpfan)