Hagrid, the one who can't handle his job

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40048

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "aldrea279" <chetah27 at h...> wrote:

> Hagrid completely lost his confidence, he had wanted to make a fun 
class, so he tried something exciting for his frist lesson- when Draco 
screwed that up, he just went completely backwards.  Exciting was too 
dangerous, he should stick to boring and safeness.  He stopped putting 
the kids in "danger" when he went to flobberworms [snip[>

That is exactly the problem, IMO.  If I was a parent of a Hogwarts 
student, I certainly would not want my child to study the same 
unchallenging thing every day for most of the term.  *As* a teacher, I 
would suffer serious consequences if I taught the way Hagrid did in 
PoA.  If he lost his confidence, he should turn in his curriculum and 
let someone else do the teaching.  If I lost my confidence every time 
I had a run-in with a student, I would have been fired a few weeks 
into my first teaching position - and I would have deserved it.

> He can be counted on by anyone who ever needs a friend>

A number of members here have mentioned that one of Hagrid's problems 
is that, even though he is an adult, he is not quite as developed as 
one.  I agree and see that as a serious flaw in Hagrid's character.  
Because of this, I don't see him as a particularly good friend.  
Hagrid seems far more often to depend on Harry, Ron and Hermione to 
help him out and talk him through problems than the other way around.  
Aside from the Norbert incident in SS, Harry and Co. have listened to 
Hagrid blubber in PoA and helped talk him into facing Hogwarts after 
Rita Skeeter's article was printed.  Once again, if my students had to 
constantly give *me* support and advice, my principal and assistant 
principal would encourage me to transfer to another school.

As for the drinking, I know there are many different opinions about 
what constitutes too much and how alcohol consumption is seen a bit 
differently in Europe than here in the US.  Here's what I think: the 
fact that the Trio even *once* helped sober up Hagrid is too much.  
I'm not even a parent (but may be one some day) but I keep thinking 
about if my child told me about the drunk groundskeeper and how he had 
to have his face stuffed in a barrel of water to clear his head.  Is 
there any parent on this list who would want a staff member like that 
being given another chance at your child's school?
 
> ~Aldrea (I think Hagrid deserves an acronym supporting him. Even 
> Snape has one[actually, I think there are several], for crying out 
> loud! =P)>

How about an acronym for those few of us who *don't* like or trust 
Hagrid?  

--jenny from ravenclaw, whose mom also doesn't like Hagrid - so there! 
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