The Quality of a Hogwarts Education

[Susan A]

No: HPFGUIDX 188176

Rick:
> Hg would have made a brilliant academic or attorney in 
> Muggleville.  So, through her parent's breeding, education and 
> expectations, Hg could have led, I think, a fuller life or more 
> rewarding life on the Muggle side of the tracks. 
> 
> Granted, there is merit in what you write about the relative ease 
> of life for an accomplished wizarding family.  But I suspect it was 
> not as rewarding a life as Hg could have had. 

SSSusan:
First off, I don't question at all your position that Hermione could have had quite a successful and fulfilling life in the Muggle world.  

OTOH, I want to think more about whether I agree that her life in the WW was "not as rewarding a life" as she could have had in the MW.  I'm just not sure that's so.  That really, imo, depends upon how one defines 'fulfilling' and must, imo, take into account what each individual would want or need in order to call his/her life 'fulfilling.'  

It's the latter part of that which makes me want to ponder a bit what Hermione would have been likely to have really, really wanted in her life in order to have classified it as 'fulfilling.

By way of an example of what I mean, in HARRY's case I think one could argue that, regardless of what he might ever have done, accomplished or become in the MW vs. what life was likely to hold for him in the WW, his life would have been most fulfilling in the WW simply because it contained magic and, especially, **because he could fly.**  I don't think Harry knew or felt much greater joy than when he was flying, something which would have been denied him if he'd lived his life in the Muggle world, without magic.  

So the question is, was there something(s) similar in Hermione's experience of the WW which would have meant she, too, would have found a WW life more fulfilling than a MW existence, no matter how successful she would likely have been in the MW?

Siriusly Snapey Susan