Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
I disagree. Hermione is both more talented than the other students in most areas and she works harder than any of them in order to acheive what she does. Many child prodigies in music IRL are both very talented and work incredibly hard.
Hermione was able to brew Polyjuice Potion in her second year, and that was supposed to be a very complex potion that was difficult to brew - even though it seems to be available on tap in later books.