It really is! We only really see this again, through Harry's biased eyes. If you're reluctant to take part in things, you certainly aren't going to benefit from it the way that you could.

It is powerful to realize that only part of success is the ability to have your talents recognized. Harry's bias against social networking gives us a skewed view of things.

come to think of it, I think part of Hermione's guilt of belonging was that Ron wasn't. It wasn't that she didn't want to be in it ( or maybe she didn't want to stick out?), but more a show of solidarity.

Kimberly / Slytherin