Teaching Harry

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 143289

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at w...> wrote:
>
> ...edited...
> 
> Steve bboyminn wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143066 :
> 
> << Harry has been given a pathetic set of Dueling skills and
> resources. ...edited... When schoolyard jinxes and curses 
> aren't enough, Harry has no were to go but to the dark and 
> unforgivable. >>
> 
> CatLady:
> 
> That's what his Triwizard preparation was about ...
> 

bboyminn:

No doubt that Harry is ahead of most of the students in school, but he
is unfathomly far behind other talented adult wizards in the books.
Certainly, Sirius, Remus, Arthur, Bill, maybe even Molly, etc... are
all far more knowledgable about magical defense than Harry is. 

Plus, no one can hold candle to Dumbledore's skill and knowledge.
While Dumbledore remained calm in his battle with Voldemort in the
Ministry of Magic, it was clear that he did not command the situation.
He and Voldemort were pretty evenly match, though perhaps Dumbledore
had a slight edge. Harry can't do anything near the level of dueling
we see from Dumbledore, Sirius, or Remus. 

Further Harry doesn't just have a need for general defense spells; he
is fated to defeat Voldemort, and Harry is now aware of that fact.
Other have been aware of that fact, or at least suspected, for much
longer than Harry. Given that Harry has such a monumental task, and
the task he must go through just to get to Voldemort is nearly as
overwhelming and monumental as defeating Voldemort, he is woefully
unprepared.

Now, on top of all that, he has to find and destory the Horcruxes. To
do that, he needs to be able to spot enchantments and magical
'residue', which he can't, and he needs to be able to break the curses
protecting the Horcrux, which he can't, and he needs to be able to
destroy the Horcruxes, which he may not know how to do yet.

Harry's need is far and away above the needs of others, yet in many
areas, he is far below others in his level of knowledge.

I still say that if Harry doesn't start training hard in the next book
then all logic and reason have gone out the window.

Steve/bboyminn