Harry's failure to learn Occulmency

[Kelly Pelton]

No: HPFGUIDX 130364

I've noticed several posts talking about Harry's failure to learn Occulmency.  What if he is learning, but this skill requires years of work to become proficient at it.  For example, most people don't learn how to play a musical instrument overnight.  Their are many things in life that take a lot of practice to learn to do really well: cooking, driving a car, even the practice of self control.  If we didn't all learn how to control our feelings and desires to some extent we'd all be in a world where we'd be nothing more than toddlers (preschoolers) on a larger scale but look how long it takes to become an adult.  Perhaps Occulmency is something that you cannot learn quickly.  It could be that Dumbledore sees he will need this skill in a few years but he sees that Harry's strong enough to start learning now.

Kelly