I *HATE* Hagrid! (kinda long)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 69354

Scott Santangelo :
 
> Oh, I don't know. Hogwart's isn't a "safe" place by anyone's 
> standards. 

Doesn't seem more dangerous to me than a Muggle school. At least 
until bullies come into play :-)

> the first flying lessons must have been terrifying (Neville, 
> again!),

Walking on the beam in gymnastics was terrifying to me. Other people 
found the bars (still gymnastics), or even swimming, terrifying. 

> quidditch is "brutal,"

Football, rugby, even basketball, can be brutal the way some kids 
play it. Also, I ended up in hospital after my first (and last !) 
tennis lesson : got a tennis ball smashing in my eye (didn't see it 
coming). If I had been wearing my lenses instead of my glasses, I 
would probably have lost my eye...

> the forbidden forest is dangerous without Hagrid's additions

The kids are not supposed to go into the Forest, and I think there 
must be some kind of charm on it to prevent the dangerous creatures 
living in it to leave it and go up to the castle.

> Even Snape's class is dangerous - potions splattering everywhere. 

Ever taken chemistry ? I remember once, we were supposed to nitrify 
something, and the teacher was very clear that the solution had to 
stay light yellow through thorough cooling, which indicated that it 
was getting nitrified, not bi-nitrified or even worse tri-nitrified, 
which would have meant it was turning into a cousin of TNT (tri-nitro-
toluene). You can guess she turned livid and brought a big box of ice 
when she noticed that the solution of a pair of students at the back 
of the classroom had turned brick-red...

Del