Hagrid goes far, far away

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No: HPFGUIDX 69909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> I asked:
> >5. Should Hagrid stay on as CoMC teacher?  Am I the only one who 
> continues to think he's a moron?
> 
> and Echa (my new friend) responded with this wonderful comment: 
> > You're not alone, Jenny. I will stand by your side on that one 
until 
> the day I die.  In fact, I think he's gotten worse.>
> 
> > 
> I keep wondering if JKR is holding something back from us in 
relation 
> to the giants and Hagrid.  I hope she is, because if she isn't, 
Grawp 
> and the rest of the giants were a big waste of page time, IMO.
> 
> Echa says most firmly: 
> > Hagrid is hardly fit to be around other humans, let alone teach 
> students.>
> 
>  The fact that anyone thinks a teacher should sit down 
> and get a lecture from a student should be proof enough that the 
> teacher DOESN'T BELONG THERE.  The day I get advice from my 
students 
> about what I am doing wrong and what I should be doing is the day 
I 
> say goodbye to my career.  Either way, we've seen over and over 
again 
> that Hagrid is a fool who doesn't listen to anyone ever.  Drives 
me 
> crazy, he does.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, just making sure people know her position 
on 
> Hagrid in case it isn't clear enough :-) 

To quote cannon, I mean JKR herself.....

"We think he's a bit of a joke in Ravenclaw....." LUNA
"YOU'VE GOT A RUBBISH SENSE OF HUMOR THEN." RON

Boy did he hit the nail on the head. Even though I'm sure the humor 
deficient will rant on Hagrid some more, I think Ron has summed it 
up nicely, succintly and with an elegant simplicity.

Dorothy
Who thinks Grawp saving Hermione and Harry in the Dark Forest is a 
portent, and acknowledges that it wouldn't have happened if they had 
not been introduced to Grawp. 
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