boggart-fighting

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 128520

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marc Harry" <marc at j...> wrote:
> RedLena:
> >>> The idea of failing everything would be a true horror 
> to her.  And to have the news delivered by McGonagall, the 
> head of Hermione's house and an authority figure whom she 
> respects, would make the horrible news even worse. <<<
> 
> 
> And WHAT, exactly, is wrong with that?  As a teacher with 18 years
> experience I'd DIE for a single pupil with such an attitude!
> 
> Hermione is EXACTLY what is WRONG with pupils in 2005.  There are 
none!!!!
> 
> There IS nothing wrong with wanting to always do your best.  It is 
> the anti-BOFF syndrome which currently pollutes British education -
 
> if not world-wide.
> 
> Marc

Karen:

I think you must have mis-read the thread as no one is saying 
anything is wrong with that at all.  The discussion was about 
whether we think Hermione is telling the truth that her boggart was 
McGonagall telling her she'd failed her exams, or whether we think 
that she was concealing the true nature of her boggart which was 
something else entirely.  

The latter option was offered on the basis that Hermione's reaction 
was too extreme for news of failed exams, some others of us thought 
that her reaction was not extreme based on Hernione's love of 
learning and RedLena was backing up that opinion with the above 
explaination.

Karen