Hermione Granger

When I was little, I wanted to be like Hermione. She was a bookworm, like me, and did very well in school, like me. I strived one day to be as brave and as clever as she was. On my eleventh birthday, I cried like a baby when I did not get an owl with my acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Yeah, I knew it was a fictitious story, but there was always a little part of me that secretly hoped it was real. I wanted to go to Hogwarts and be just like Hermione. Not only was she one of the most clever and knowledgable witches Hogwarts had ever seen, she was also very brave. She faced every danger she was every confronted with and never ran away. She loved books, just like me, and loved the idea of studying and getting good grades, all things that I aspired to do. I still aspire to be all those things, and hope that the little witch inside me that wants to be her will help shape me into a great person.