I opened my first Harry Potter book when I was 5 years old. My dad worked through each word, paragraph, and chapter with me every night before bed. An entire year later, we had successfully read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. From that day forward I was hooked on the "Wizarding World" and the adventures of Harry and his friends. I religiously read every book, and saw every movie — I even had a Harry Potter themed birthday party (shoutout to my grandfather for dressing up as Dumbledore).
As I grew older I came to develop a deep passion for all things Hermione Granger. She was spunky, smart, quick on her feet and the exact image of the woman that I wanted to be. In short — every ounce of myself wanted to be Hermione. And I'm sure that I speak for all female HP lovers when I say that she was one heck of a role model to grow up with. So — the following are the lessons that I think we all should take from Hermione.
