I *HATE* Hagrid! (kinda long)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99" <subrosax at e...> 
wrote:
Hagrid reminds me of some crazy, drunken relative who all the kids 
love, because he lets them do the things that sensible adults would 
never allow in a million years. As far as I can tell, his lessons 
fall somewhere between useless and less than useless. The sooner 
Harry (and everyone else for that matter) are out from under his 
influence, the better.
>

Two thing.  One.  How are Hagrid's lesson (aside from the blast-
ended skrets) any less useful than any other CoMC teacher's lesson 
would be?  Thestals and Hippogiffs are just as relevant as unicorns.

Two:  Hagrid does stupid things, but I don't recall him giving much 
bad advice.  He told them to leave the philisopher's stone alone.  
He gave really good advice about them making up in PoA.  (He did 
mess up with Argog, I admit.  He knew Argog didn't eat humans and 
wouldn't let his children eat Hagrid; he falsely assumed the 
protection extended to his friends).

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