Hagrid Pledge (WAS Distaff DEs )

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No: HPFGUIDX 32289

jenny from ravenclaw wrote:
>Bah!  I will not pledge to post that Hagrid was a good teacher.  No 
one can make me do that ::shudder::.  However, I definitely will not 
dance a jig of glee (10 House points for anyone who knows what tv 
show that came from) if Hagrid or anyone else I do not like dies. 

(Raises hand) I claim the house points, but isn't it supposed to 
be "dance of joy" and I thought only Numfar has the honor of doing 
that? ;)

>I will think it is very sad.  If JKR has Hagrid die, I am sure it 
will be quite tragic.  I cannot imagine she will have him die the way 
Cedric did, like Cindy said, with no meaning to it (that was pretty 
tragic too, actually).  I will also be sad for Harry and his friends, 
because they will have lost a good friend and protector.  Just 
because I don't like Hagrid doesn't mean I think he's a bad 
character. His heart is  always in the right place and he adores 
Harry; he's just irresponsible in a way that irritates me to no end.
 

I've always wondered why Dumbledore hasn't had a talk with him on 
either the course work he teaches or his obvious absentmindedness (is 
that a word?) on things. Then again I guess that as to his teaching 
methods Dumbledore is willing to leave him be and settle into it at 
his own pace. I do pity his students though, they seem to be learning 
next to nothing, I like Hagrid but it's true. As for his being 
irresponsible, somehow despite his faults Dumbledore has always 
trusted Hagrid. Hopefully we learn the reason behind this trust  
before he dies if JKR deems that he must.

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