Molly and Arthur's Ages

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 55717

>   "bill"  wrote:
> > > > Molly's stories about Ogg, which never mention Hagrid.
> 
> >  
> > > "Darrin"  wrote:
> 
> >  Molly and Arthur probably never knew Hagrid, who was 
>  thrown out of Hogwarts in 1942-43, until the late 1970s  when 
> > Bill and Charlie started attending. Even then, they might have   
> >just heard  of him for several years from Bill and Charlie's 
> >school 




 Now Me: 
  Everyone seems to assume that just because the text doesn't 
 specifically mention Molly including Hagrid in her stories about 
Ogg, that Hagrid wasn't there at the same time Molly and Arthur were.
I think, however, that there could be many many reasons why she 
doesn't include him even if he was there.
 
 For one thing, most of her stories were probably about sneaking out 
 with Mr. Weasley and getting caught.  Hagrid doesn't strike me as 
the type of person who punishes students for that sort of thing, so 
Molly  would have no reason to include him in those stories.  
 
For another, Mrs Weasley seems to be focusing on the DIFFERENCES 
between the time when she was at Hogwarts and now (the whomping 
willow, etc.)  If Hagrid was there both at times, he wouldn't be 
one  of those differences.  Like, you don't hear her telling stories 
about  Dumbledore, because he was there both times as well.
 
Also, Hagrid IS still currently working at the school.  If Mrs. 
Weasley knew a good story about him, she might not tell it because 
she wouldn't want Harry and Ron to go repeating it to him.  Or, 
since  if Hagrid WAS there with the weasleys it would have been soon 
after he was expelled and was still in training, Mrs Weasley might 
think  stories about him from that time could be too embarrassing or 
painful  to tell. 
 
And also, it never says in canon that Hagrid is NOT mentioned.  One 
of those stories could very well have been about how Ogg trained 
Hagrid.
 
 So I conclude that there is simply not enough evidence to assume 
that the Weasleys were in school before Hagrid from that one brief 
sentence in GoF.  Maybe future books will help to clear this up.
 
 Erin