Hermione is the star - proof was Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Academic dishonesty

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 139625

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, IreneMikhlin
<irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
 
> OK, I've found a canonical proof that Hermione understands the 
> principles behind the potions.
> In the infamous "Trevor poisoning" lesson, she helps Neville to put his 
> botched potion right. It's not following instructions - it's analysing 
> the present wrong potion, understanding where Neville went wrong and 
> *improvising* the way to fix that potion.
> 
> I'm really happy to find this tidbit about Hermione.
> 
> Irene

Hermoine also understands the principles of potions, as described when
they have to break down a potion and find the antidote for the poison
within it(HBP).   She was able to break down the properties and
separate them into 10 different catagories.  I believe she was the
only one in the class who really understood the properties and uses of
the ingredients in potions.   Harry won by using the bezoar, which was
Snape's idea, but it doesn't work in all cases. 

colebiancardi
(a chemist has to know the properties of their drugs, otherwise a
person could die if they mixed the wrong type of drugs together)