[HPforGrownups] Re: Hagrid

No: HPFGUIDX 23066

dorband at u... wrote:
> > >
> > > So, all of you teaching professionals out there - what about
> >allowing  an unqualified instructor to instruct?  Plausible or
> >troublesome?>

What seems less plausible to me than hiring Hagrid (Dumbledore being
well aware of his qualifications to teach about magical creatures) is
the rapid turnover of the DADA instructors.  However, I concede the
need for a device to introduce new characters integral to the plot of
each novel.  From my perspective, an elite school like Hogwarts' ought
to have its pick of the best wizards and witches rather than scraping
the bottom of the barrel, as they appear to have to do all to often. 
(At the very small [200 students] Honors college where I am, there are
usually several dozen overqualified applicants for each vacancy.)  

Where there is an extremely limited enrollment that creates an
essentially closed community, everyone tends to live in everyone else's
pocket.  There are considerations which aren't present at large
schools.  A very important one is how each new instructor will fit
within the school's already established rhythms.  One bad choice really
can affect the atmosphere of the entire institution, and there is
usually great care taken to be as certain as can be that the situation
will not arise.  I imagine it would be even more important when staff
as well as students live in during term time.  In the case of Hagrid,
it would appear to be an extremely sensible choice on Dumbledore's
part, since Hagrid is already a part of the Hogwarts' community, and a
known quantity.



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Respectfully,
Morgan

"Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes."

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