Discrepancy of skills

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 147978

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rkdas at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "carodave92" <carodave92@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > > susanbones2003 wrote:
> > > > 1. Hermione is a wonderful student. Give her a book, she'll 
> read it
> > > > front to back and memorize it mostly. She performs to 
standard 
> and
> > > > her standards are high so she'll always get good grades. But 
> she
> > > > needs the security of studies to be successful. DADA requires 
> as 
> > she
> > > > says, bravery and quick-thinking but it also seems to require 
> an
> > > > innate ability that Harry possesses but she does not.
> > 
> > Carodave:
> > 
> > Don't forget about the Sorcerer's Stone - where Hermione's logic 
> > equalled that of Snape - she was the only one of the trio able to 
> > understand which potion would allow Harry to continue on through 
> the 
> > maze, and which would kill him.  She's a very bright girl and 
> talented 
> > witch, but as you say above, Harry has an innate ability for DADA 
> that 
> > puts him above and beyond Hermione's ability.  She does have a 
> history 
> > of choking in exams for this particular subject, possibly because 
> they 
> > are not book-driven but more practical.  Maybe she didn't shine 
as 
> > brightly in the exam as she could have, but an E is still very 
> good.
> > 
> > Carodave
> 
> Jen D. here,
> Hermione is very cool under pressure! She is logical in a way that 
> many wizards, great ones, are not. I can't imagine why she's not 
> tops in everything except that she loses focus when confronted with 
> something she knows is supposed to be horrible, like a boggart in 
an 
> exam. I don't believe her E is a bad grade. It ensures she can 
> continue on to NEWT level. But it seems out of character for 
someone 
> as focussed on good grades as she is to miss the last O. Shaun said 
> that even the brightest students miss the high mark sometimes. It's 
> my feeling that there is subjectivity in the exams and that 
> examiners would have wanted Harry, whom they see as truly 
> exceptional, to stand out from his peers. But many on the list 
> wouldn't agree with that philosophy. Just wish we could have seen 
> Hermione's practical exam. I know she would never fail to have an O 
> on any writtens.
> Jen D., inconclusive at best...
> >
>

Perhaps Hermione wants to get credit and praise for being "the 
smartest" in every subject.  And her small amount of jealousy (greed) 
shows up by Harry's better mark in DADA as well as his later 
miraculous performance in Potions class.