Hagrid's Teaching/Fate & Dumbledore's Laissez-Faire Methods (was Hagrid Pledge)

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 32291

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "titacats" <titacats at y...> wrote:
> 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::. 

Even the trio hated the skrewts and were glad to see the last of 
them.  They love Hagrid, but not his teaching.
 
> 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 think Hagrid is likely to die a heroic death while saving Harry, 
Ron, Hermione, or some combination thereof (most likely Ron, I think, 
just after Ron has complained bitterly about Hagrid's teaching 
methods, guaranteeing an even greater guilt trip for him).  All three 
of them will be heartbroken over this, and the way they respond to 
each other in their grief could be the catalyst that alters their 
collective relationship.  (Comforting friends and being comforted is 
a different dynamic than just hanging out together, or even sleuthing 
together.)

> 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.

When has Dumbledore interfered with ANY of the teachers?  I think he 
thinks that the students must learn to deal with all kinds of people 
in life, that magical education is not the only thing they need to 
learn at Hogwarts.  They have to learn to deal with Snape's 
hostility, Lockhart's vanity, McGonagall's strictness, Hagrid's 
creatures, Binns' boring lectures, Trelawney's flakiness... 
Dumbledore is a laissez-faire headmaster, and I think he believes 
that the coping mechanisms the students are learning when confronted 
by a variety of teachers is as valuable as any spells they might 
learn in school.

--Barb

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