Hagrid's resignation

[bkb042]

No: HPFGUIDX 41356

     The single biggest reason I can see for Hagrid's ineptitude as 
an instructor, is the lack of a role model.  Sure, He's had a career 
at "The finest school of witchcraft & wizardy in the world" but that 
career has been that of a gardener/game warden. Hagrid spent less 
than 3 years as a student at Hogwarts prior to his expulsion.  As a 
result, never learned how to be a teacher by learning from the 
example that seven years of instructors would have set for him. That 
he knows the subject matter of his position is inarguable; what he 
lacks is the technnique to impart this knowledge. Based on this, 
Hagrid is deserving of pity, not contempt.   

     Another arguement can be made that his early expulsion from 
school contributed to his apparent immaturity and lack of 
judgement.  He was expelled from Hogwarts sometime between 1940 and 
1943. That, coupled with the apparent lack of other giant/human 
crossbreeds would indicate a certain amount of isolation for him 
during his formative years.  These were war years as well.  It is 
unclear the extent of which WWII encroached upon the wizarding 
world, but I find it difficult to believe that it had no impact at 
all. How much energy would have been expended by the community 
towards the social development of a half-breed giant who had been 
held responsible (indirectly and erroneously) for the death of a 
human witch? And muggle-born at that? Not much, is my guess.

     So what do we have? An uneducated, 60-odd year old half giant 
with the social skills of a twelve year old watching kids getting 
dragged across the ground by critters that he has bred.  Students 
frequently get injured in his classes, though usually not seriously, 
and this can be attributed to his overestimation of their 
abilities.  He still sees himself as being 12 or 13 and can handle 
hippogriffs and skrewts by himself, so why can't they?

     Step down Hagrid.  You're in over your head. Considering how 
tall you are, that's really saying something.


bkb042
a.k.a. Brian