Hermione is the star - proof was Re: Academic dishonesty

[Katharine]

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merylanna says:

This may have led some to believe Hermoine is a grind who is dependant on rote study/memorization to succeed.  But repeatedly throughout the books her native brilliance asserts itself, not just what she's memorized.  Her work in transfiguration is routinely ahead of everyone else - and that involves more than memorizing a formula.  She's the best spell caster in her year.  She makes logical leaps frequently.  It's useful that she has a massive store of learned information, but nobody is teaching her how to understand and use that information, as Hermoine does repeatedly.  

Katharine:

You're absolutely right--Hermione has always been "clever" outside of books and learning.  For example, a book didn't tell Hermione how to get past the obstacle set by Snape to guard the Stone in SS/PS--that was all Hermione's cleverness and brilliance.  And it's Hermione's cleverness, along with some intuition, that allowed her to figure out that the vision Harry had that was leading him to the DoM was a trap, as it didn't make any sense for either Voldemort or Sirius to have gotten in there (though on that note, why was the Ministry so deserted at that time of day when Harry and the other DoM five arrived?)  Hermione also used her intelligence to figure out the identity of the HBP, or at least get close to it.  Harry would do better to listen to Hermione's smart advice, as listening to it in the past would have saved him some trouble and some lives even.

-Katharine



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