Am I the only one...

[phoenixgod2000]

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> Gatta:
> 
> I'm with Del on this one. Hermione is smart enough to know that she
> needs a foundation before she can build.

No she isn't. She proved that with SPEW. She just jumped into the 
middle of trying to fix a problem without understanding it.  

 Thinking outside the box is
> all very well, but first you have to have a box to think outside 
of.

True. But I think that Hermione generally lacks the imagination to 
be an inventor. She is technically proficient with magic but lacks 
the creative spark to really push the bounderies of anything. She is 
a smart, but conventional thinker.  Slavery is wrong in the muggle 
world so it must be wrong in the magical world. she doesn't stop to 
think that maybe elves work under different rules than people do. 
Her limitations in the social arena I think indicate the problems 
that she would have in the academic one. If she wants to make a name 
for herself with magic she should team up with someone like Luna, 
someone who is going to seek to push boundries that Hermione would 
never consider. Then Hermione's great technical skills would shine.

phoenixgod2000