He had absolutely no idea how the Hat was managing to make a disapproving expression at him, since it didn't have a face for him to see. It is a misconception that all intelligent students are Ravenclaw, it pointed out. You are not unintelligent, Ernie Macmillan, do not let your mother tell you otherwise; but you are not a Ravenclaw, and I am not sending you there no matter how much you ask.