[HPforGrownups] Re: Hagrid's innocence

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 55969

>I think the reason why Hagrid still doesn't have a wand is because he
>never finished his Hogwarts education in order to become a fully-
>fledged wizard.  I think the best Dumbledore could do for Hagrid to
>show his support was to make Hagrid a professor.

But you don't have to finish your Hogwarts education (or even start one) to 
have a wand. All the Hogwarts students have wands from the beginning of 
their first year. Likewise the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students. *All* 
grownup wizards have wands except criminals, as far as I can see.  The 
reason Hagrid's wand was broken is that he *was* being treated as a criminal 
(it's possible that he'd have gone to Azkaban if he had been older).

I think his lack of a wand is because Dumbledore is letting it slide 
(knowing perfectly well about the umbrella), and no one else remembers or 
cares.


Janet Anderson

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