Hagrid's Competence

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 33861

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "sing2wine" <bonnie.abrams at c...> wrote:
 
> Hagrid is certainly more competent than Gilderoy Lockhart - I don't 
> care how much Lockhart has published! Teachers in many private 
> schools are not certified and colleges hire adjuncts - often 
industry professionals - to teach. Hagrid would certainly qualify as 
an "industry professional". If that vicious little brat, Draco Malfoy, 
had approached Buckbeak as he was instructed to - Hagrid would not 
have lost his hard-earned confidence and would have emerged as a much 
more competent teacher. While we're on the subject, would you consider 
a teacher who bullies students (the way Snape bullies Neville & Harry) 
competent - I wouldn't.>

Oh, I'd say Snape is extremely competent.  He's just a nasty soul.  
His students actually *do* things in his classes, not stand around 
feeding flobberworms because their teacher doesn't have the chutzpah 
to continue teaching after he was spooked by a bad experience.

Hagrid irks me in general.  As much as I respect Dumbledore for giving 
Hagrid the chance to teach, I wouldn't have done so in Dumbledore's 
shoes.  I don't like that Hagrid continues to use his wand disguised 
as an umbrella after he was explicity told not to.  I don't like that 
he drinks, especially when he is with Harry.  He runs to the bar after 
he takes Harry to Gringotts, and is found drunk by the Trio after his 
woes with Buckbeak overtake him.  As a groundskeeper, I am assuming he 
is on duty all the time; getting drunk on the campus of a school is 
inexcusable.  I also do not like that he uses his class as an 
experiment to see just what these Blast-Ended Skrewts are; he has no 
idea himself.  Last, I didn't like that he leaned on the Trio for help 
with Norbert, something he wasn't supposed to have to begin with.

Hagrid isn't a bad person; he is affectionate, caring and sincere.  
However, I don't see him handling the responsibility of teaching the 
way I think teachers (and I am one) should.  I certainly wouldn't 
compare him to Lockhart who never *really* published anything and is a 
fraud through and through, but Hagrid needs help.  Perhaps a teaching 
assistant (Charlie Weasley?) is what he needs, but his classes for the 
most part are too much based on what Hagrid likes, not what is best 
for the students, and what Hagrid likes are creatures that even he has 
trouble controlling and understanding.  I'd rather be in Snape's class 
any day.

--jenny from ravenclaw ****************