[HPforGrownups] RE: Hermione must be slapped

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149306


On Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at 09:01 PM, katssirius wrote:

> I think a lot of the justifications for Hermione's actions are
> exactly the problem.  She is acting like a 16 year old and they have
> roller coaster emotions and reactions.  This is my point.  She
> should not be given the responsibilty of being the moral compass for
> other teens nor the judge and jury for Rita Skeeter or any adult. 
> She makes errors. 

kchuplis:

The thing is, should *any* of these kids be facing most of the things 
they are? It's all fine and good to question Hermione as an uber 
conscience but that isn't the crux of the problem. It is very evident 
to me that this "setting" has the students in a much more "choice 
responsible" environment than most of us are used to seeing. The 
generally adult attitude seems to be "let them find their way". Now 
consider, these kids also have many more resources at hand then say WE 
would have. They are operating with the same psychological and 
biological parameters though. All in all, they are being fairly 
reserved! I think the only adult who is (sometimes) on hand that 
represents the over protective stereotype is Molly and she is grating 
on folks nerves because of her inability to see, particularly for 
Harry, but also in regards to her children and Hermione, that that ship 
sailed the minute Harry face LV as an 11 y.o. and certainly after GoF.  
I've always been of the opinion that we often underestimate what kids 
can handle and also our way of presenting "real life". The wizard 
adults make mistakes too, but the consequences here are world 
effecting. Boy it's really late. I hope that made sense.