Her parents had always prided themselves on their intelligence, both of them had achieved top marks all the way through school, college and university, which is where they met, and now they were both very successful dentists. Due to this pride they often pushed Hermione to excellence and made sure she worked as hard as possible, they wouldn't be satisfied with anything less than the best from her and she knew it. However they only wanted her to achieve in subjects they deemed as important, the sciences, maths and English being the key subjects she was expected to master, exploration of the arts were discouraged due to them not leading to fulfilling and successful careers.