Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
That's what I'm trying to say, yes. Although even with work, Harry is nowhere near Snape's level (or Hermione's for that matter - she would be a more appropriate stand-in for the mastery-through-work).
I think it would be fair to say that Harry has the same capacity of Hermione, his interests just lay elsewhere. Whenever we see him actually putting in honest effort towards the same thing as Hermione, he generally either keeps pace with her or sees results first.