[HPforGrownups] SHIP Ron/ Hermione /Re:Prefect Ron

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 151385


Irene wrote:
That's funny. That's like saying "If Harry was a Rockfeller, he'd be as 
rich as Rockfeller".

One of the characteristics of the gifted children is being an avid 
reader and having love of knowledge. And Hermione certainly isn't doing 
all that reading just for the marks.
Also, not getting the Golpalott's law suggest the cognitive ability of a 
teaspoon, if I may be so rude. Ron and Harry definitely have their 
strong sides, but academic talent isn't one of them.

Joe:

  Umm No. Both of their OWLS imply academic talent. There are plenty of highly intelligent people who are not overly fond of reading to such a degree as young Miss Granger. Thare many types of intelligence and using ANY one measuring tool is horribly simplistic.
   
  Not to mention Hermione's personality suggests she IS reading merely to recieve high marks. Wasn't it Hermione's who's boggart was MM telling her she failed all of her exams?
   
  I was sent to a school for very gifted students(Which I hated because the sports programs were terrible) for one year when I was a teenager. At that school I met very driven students and very lazy ones. Students who read anything they could get their hands on and students who only read what they had. Students who were in Calculus 5 as seniors and students who had a bit of trouble with math becauase as bright as they were it didn't interest them. Gifted students come in all shapes, sizes and personalities. There is not one archetype for intelligence.
   
  The fact remains that Hermiones OWLS are significantly better than Harry and Rons. A fair bit of the credit for this has to go toward her obsessive regard for her marks. Hermione is smarter than both Harry and Ron but it isn't by as great a measure as by the level her academic ambitions/insecurities excede theirs.
   
  Joe