Hagrid - In his Defense

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> Dangerous or not, Hagrid is a terrible teacher.  To me it isn't 
> necessarily about exposing the students to dangerous magical 
> creatures, but how well the teacher can control the beings and the 
> situations at hand.  If Hagrid was a real teacher, he'd have known 
how 
> to deal with Draco right away as well as how to not turn into a 
> stuttering fool when Umbridge came around - note that McGonagall 
did 
> just fine.  Other classes may be dangerous, but we don't keep 
hearing 
> about students being injured in Potions or Transfiguration - it's 
just 
> CoMC and just CoMC when Hagrid is in charge.
> 
> 
> I'm sorry, but I was in charge of a school such as Hogwarts, in a 
> million years I'd never allow someone like Hagrid to teach - he 
didn't 
> finish school (didn't even seem to make an effort to) and isn't 
even 
> supposed to use magic.  If he was legally cleared and expressed an 
> interest, I'd allow him first to be a teacher's aid and then maybe 
> start him on supervised teaching... but I take teaching very 
> seriously.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who hates when the computer swallows her 
name 
> ***********************************************

I agreed that Hagrid wasn't a very good teacher.  You don't have to 
repeat it to me.

I don't really think he's worse than some of the others though (not 
that I think that's an excuse.)  Look at Lockheart.  Dumbledore 
seemed to know he was totally in comptent but hired him because 
nobody else wanted the job.  Maybe it was the same thing with 
Hagrid.  After all, the last CoMC teacher wanted to retire "with his 
remaining limbs."  Plus, Binns is so boring that most of his 
students can't stay awake in his class.  They don't learn from his 
lectures (except Hermione); they read the book.

I know there are many very copetent teachers at Hogwarts.  Sprout, 
McGonnagall ant Flitwick come to mind.  I'm just saying Hagrid isn't 
the only poor teacher or the worst.  That honor goes to Lockheart, I 
think.

Personally, I thought the Thestrals lesson was going rather well 
until Unbridge showed up.  Like we have both said, Hagrid doesn't do 
well when challenged.  Unfortunately a teacher is going to be 
challenged.

What do you mean "keep hearing aboutstudents being injured in 
Potions or Transfiguration - it's just CoMC and just CoMC when 
Hagrid is in charge."?

There was one serious injury, when a student went out of his way to 
disobey.  

Besides, we've seen people spashed with potions and suffer the 
effects on more than one occassion.  Snape either gave them the 
antidote or sent them to Madame Pomfrey.  I don't have PoA at the 
moment, but I think Hagrid sent Draco to Madame Pomfrey.  

I don't see any indication that more studnts are injured in CoMC 
than in Potions or basic flying courses.

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