CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 10, THE HALLOWEEN

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 188385

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> > Alla:

> > And um, where are intelligent Hufflepufs? There was Cedric 
> > who I guess must have been intelligent if chosen as Champion. 
> > And???

 
> Carol:

> Ernie Macmillan? Admittedly, he studied more than anyone
> except possibly Hermione, but getting good marks because 
> you study doesn't mean that you're not intelligent, as 
> Hermione shows. Ernie must have earned an O in Potions or 
> he couldn't have been in the NEWT Potions class. And I 
> suspect that he got high marks on all his OWLs, with 
> the possible exception of COMC.


zanooda: 

How about Tonks :-)? JKR said she was in Hufflepuff, but we know that to become an Auror you have to get at least five NEWTs with Exceeds Expectations or higher. Snape only takes those with an "O" into his NEWT class, so Tonks probably had an "Outstanding" OWL in Potions to be there.