I'm going to try to make my reply to this e-mail brief as I have about 500 more to get through and about 3 hours of work to do for my real life job and my cat won't get off of the keyboard...

On Sat, 01 September 2001, "Eric Oppen" wrote:
> However, I must stand
> by my earlier statements that nothing Malfoy's done has put him permanently in the Bad Guy (tm) list.

Malfoy, like Snape, can at any time decide to be on the "right side" without having to get chummy with H/R/H!  Like Snape, it will be hard for people to trust him and for him to get a fair shake.  If we've learned anything from Dumbledore, I hope it is to have a basic trust for others (however, proceed with caution) and to give second (&3rd,& 4th...)chances to people-particularly kids! {OK Grammar and Puntuation Police, leave me alone!  I'm just trying to enjoy myself!  My real work that I have to do after this demands that I do it right, so I'll sweat it out then!}  

_So was just about everybody else, at first!_  I hate to say
> it---I yield to nobody on this list or off it in my affection for Hermie,
> but she IS the sort of child that a lot of other children can't
> stomach---officious about rules, a know-it-all in the classroom, and to add
> insult to injury, extremely talented.

You may have to yield to me in terms of who has greatest affection for Hermione!  I am raising a little 6 year old Hermione and it is quite frustrating being the parent of Miss Rules and Regulations and Vocabulary Beyond My Years! Constantly having to keep her challenged, get making sure she is NOT becoming a geek or someone everyones love to hate!  I'm a bit of a grown up Hermione as well-although my parents never seemed to think it important to expect anything of me or challenge me at all, but I'll save that for the therapist!  LOVED it when Hermione showed up at the ball with Krumm-saw it coming a mile away though!  Go Hermie!  Just what she needed to shut up Pansie and the other b____'s!  Ok, regressing...but hey, that's part of what makes being a "Potter-head" so much fun!

Vicky AKA Kitty Felini, Assoc. Professor of Herbology-love the catnip!
(Would take over Potions if Snape would get out!)

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