Magic later in life (was: Col. Fubster)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 70655

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tuck668" <tuck668 at y...> wrote:
 
> I remain unswayed in my theory that Hagrid will be the one to learn 
> magic late in life. Yes, he can do some magic (if illegally), but 
> remember, he got kicked out of Hogwarts when he was in his third(?) 
> year. (I don't have my book with me to check so I apologize and 
> please correct me if I'm wrong).. and therefore doesn't know much 
> magic. I think that the idea of one of the Dursleys being magical is 
> a bit far-fetched. If Hagrid was to master magic it would be the 
> equivalent of a middle-school dropout getting their high school 
> diploma.>

You must be interpreting things quite differently than I do.  I was 
under the impression that Hagrid was *already* a wizard, which is why 
he was accepted as a student at Hogwarts in the first place.  He is 
also already quite capable of doing magic, as we all saw right away in 
SS when he gave Dudley a pig's tail.  Just because his wand was 
snapped does not mean his magical abilities were taken away from him.

Come to think of it, I really don't even know where JKR's comment 
about someone developing magic later in life can be found, but I 
always thought it meant that someone who could not do any magic at all 
found, as an adult, that she/he could.  

--jenny from ravenclaw *************************************