Am I the only one...

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 135112

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Nanagose at a... wrote:
> Milz:
> >> Never said Hermione lacks intelligence. I've stated that she's 
not 
> >> on the same plane of intellect as HBP or Fred and George.
> 
> 
> Christina:
> According to Sirius (GF pg 25), "Snape knew more curses when he 
arrived at school than half the kids in the seventh year..."
> 
> We know that Snape's maternal side of the family is magical.  How 
did Snape know so many curses?  Either somebody tutored him or he 
read a lot of books as a child.  Either way, he had enough time 
before coming to Hogwarts to explore the magical arts and develop a 
great deal of base knowledge.  Hermione is Muggle-born.  She didn't 
have access to magical books until she got her Hogwarts letter, and 
there was nobody in her family to tutor her in the magical arts.  
> Her education began considerably later.  Before innovation can take 
place, it is necessary to have a secure foothold in the basics.  
Hermione starts out a good few years behind Snape, just by virtue of 
her birth (we can assume that once she did find out she was a witch, 
she gobbled up information, seeing as she lists several books she has 
read before coming to Hogwarts).  I would give her a few years to 
catch up to Snape before declaring that his genius so far 
> surpasses hers.
> 
> Christina

I think that Hermione isn't on the same plane as Snape and Voldy 
because she just can't think of things as horrible as they can. Like 
the wandmaker said, he did great things, horrible, but great. A large 
part of magic is the dark side of it, and a lot of things will come 
from knowing both the dark and light sides. Hermione hasn't really 
ever explored the dark side. While she is definitely very bright, we 
also don't know how much of that is just plain hard work and an A-
type personality coming into play vs. real genius.

Tamara