Hermione stared horrified. No extra credit. How was she supposed to pass and be the best in the school? She always wrote more, in order to prove that she was the smartest and knew more than others, but now without extra credit, she wouldn’t get the grades she wanted. Mr. and Mrs. Granger knew that their daughter always wrote more, in order to gain extra credit in her former school, but now it was not going her way anymore, because this school was much more different. They were glad that the school was very strict and had also strict rules regarding grading. Lily was shocked. She thought that there was extra credit for assignments in Hogwarts, but now it was forbidden. It was Malfoy’s doing. Now Hermione wouldn’t get the grades she wanted, in order to be the next smartest witch in her generation. Lily understood also, why she nearly failed on her first semester in her first year, because it seemed like that most teachers knew the school rules and never gave her the extra credit, she deserved. When she tried to speak with the teachers, they just told her that she had to follow the instructions and Lily was forced to follow them, in order to get good grades and make herself to be the brightest witch in her generation.