First potions lesson/Stand aside girl and the end

[kchuplis]

No: HPFGUIDX 145867

OK, I can't stand it. You people mean to tell me that you think an 11 year old child 
was supposed to take, what, 5 textbooks and in the three or four weeks before his 
first lesson, in a completely foreign world should have been able to answer any 
question thrown at him on the very first day and in the very first class? Really? You 
honestly believe this? 

First of all, Hermione has demonstrated almost photographic memory capabilities (in 
several books Ron asks her how she remembers things word for word basically, as 
she often does quote both what she has read and what people have said word for 
word) and you expect all the kids to be able to do this? The point is pounded home 
more than once that Hermione is exceptional for any age. And if Snape were 
interested in anything except humiliating Harry, he would have moved on to Miss 
Granger since she DID have her hand up. This was the first class. He'd never met 
Hermione either and at this point her "know it all" reputation is completely new 
territory.  

Are *any* of you telling me that you could have done this? I'm no idiot. I have an MFA 
and a fairly high IQ and I can guarantee you that I could not have done that at 11 or 
21 or now. That's just silly. To be honest, if that was reasonable, there would be little 
or no need for school at all. To accuse JKR of character inconsistancy is ludicris, IMO.

kchuplis