Hagrids classes

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: Hagrids classes
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Date: 8/20/00 4:28 pm  (ET)

explosions. Various misshaps in Hagrid's classes.

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this has probably been brought up several times, but some others may
want to discuss it. . .

I love Hagrid dearly as a person and a character, but as a teacher,
enough! He simply doesn't have the common sense god gave a goose when
it comes to magically creatures or teaching.

In the first place he technically was only a third year when he got
expelled. Now Hagrid and his umbrella have already shown signs of knowing
and performing magic that seems well above a 3rd year students level,
so let us assume he has secretly continued his magical education. He
also, through the position of gamekeeper, clearly learned a lot about
magical creatures.

But he knows ZIP, zilch about teaching. Last year he spent the entire
year on flobberworms, and this year he spent the entire year (except for
the bit about unicorns that the substitute teacher started) dealing with
the blast ended skrewts. So as far as we can tell, in two years Hagrid
hasn't taught much of anything about creatures (plural); He did continue
the unicorn education classes, but that only appears to be because the
substitute teacher started it. He also spent one class on Nifflers,
but the only reason for that was so that Ron would get mad at Harry
about the leprachaun gold.


Hagrid didn't even know diddly about the skrewts so the entire year was
trial and error. On top of that, the whole bit about don't frighten the
creature that almost killed you is getting a bit old. Hagrid needs to
grow up if he wants to be a decent teacher. He needs to figure out what
he can do that his students cant. Otherwise Dumbledore needs to get a
professor who is willing to teach and not just play games with a single
creature for an entire year.

If JKR wants us to think that Hagrid is teaching about other creatures
as well, then she needs to put it in the book, at least as a line or
two. But she consistently writes Hagrid as spending last year on the
Flobberworms and this year on the skrewts. enough is enough.