Muggleborn vs Pureblood (was:Re: Slughorn's favoritism)

[horridporrid03]

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> >>Random832:
> > JKR has said you either have magic or you don't. Absolutely no    
> > support is present in the books for the idea that muggleborns    
> > (i.e. witches/wizards born to muggle parents) having less talent 
> > in general than purebloods. And slughorn goes even further along 
> > the "blood matters" line by suggesting that Harry inherited his   
> > potions talent from Lily.

> >>Bart:
> Here's a problem, however. Muggleborns are not even exposed to      
> magic until they enter school.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
But JKR covers this issue in PS/SS.  Ron tries to do magic and can't 
(turning Scabbers yellow) and Hermione tries to do magic and can (all 
those spells she tried out that worked for her).  And I believe 
someone (Hagrid?) says that all students start out on equal footing 
as far as magical experience.

I'm not sure how *realistic* this is.  It does make sense that Ron 
should know *some* spells, since he's around people who use them all 
the time.  But as per JKR, he doesn't.  Which I think JKR sets up 
specifically *because* she's trying to set up a world where there's 
no actual difference between Muggle-borns and Pure-bloods.

Betsy Hp