It really annoys me ...

[kibakianakaya]

No: HPFGUIDX 164103

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jeremiah LaFleur" 
<hpfreakazoid at ...> wrote:
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> Jeremiah:
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> If Professors are escorting their classes to other parts of the 
castle then
> who is watching the students when they get to a classroom with a 
professor
> who is escorting their previous class to another part of the 
castle...

> SNIP
> As far as Ron and Harry going off to see Hermione with McGonagall's
> approval... I would think that McGonagall would be under the 
impression that
> Harry and Ron are purebloods (though Harry really isn't, as we 
realize
> through DD's discussions on the subject in subsequent books)>

Lilygale now:
Just a small point but - McGonagall knows that Harry at least is not 
a pureblood.  She watched his Muggle relatives disapprovingly ("the 
worst sort of Muggles") while waiting for Dumbledore to bring Harry 
to the Dursleys.  

Also, I'm not sure why a pureblood would be any more or less likely 
to be able to defend themselves than another witch or wizard.  As 
you pointed out, MgGonagall might have a soft spot for Hermione 
*because* she is an intelligent and reasonably talented second-year 
student.  But Hermione is not a pureblood, which argues against her 
thinking (Minerva's thinking, not Hermione's) that Ron or any other 
pureblood would have greater competence against a Basilisk than 
anyone else.