Hagrid: Allowed to use Wands and Magic...?

[gingerssnap1966 <gingerssnap1966@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53065

> <Aldrea>
> So, it seems Hagrid, upon being expelled, was not allowed to do 
magic
> OR to use a wand.  We know Underaged Wizards can't do magic, so I'm
> guessing that might go to Unqualified Wizards, as well 
(snip)

> <Verin>
 
> Hagrid was expelled before he could become qualified, so is 
prohibited
> from doing magic.
> (snip)
> 
> That brings up the interesting question of whether he was officially
> cleared of opening the Chamber the first time?  There is potentially
> evidence to do it, like Tom Riddle's diary, Harry and Ginny's
> testimony, and the necessity of being a parselmouth to open the
> Chamber.  However, Fudge doesn't seem like the type to easily give
> Hagrid the benefit of the doubt or listen to Dumbledore about 
*this*,
> either.
> 
> If he was cleared, though, could he use an adult education course
> (like Kwikspell, for example) to receive his magical education and
> become "qualified"?
> 
> -Verin

Me: Good question, Verin.  Was Hagrid "officially cleared"?  The 
teaching job Dumbledore gave him was wonderfully suited to his area 
of expertise and interest, but doesn't require wand use.  

To add another question to the mix:  Was the breaking of his wand a 
school punishment or an "official" (as in MoM) punishment?  Even if 
the MoM thought he was guilty, they may have thought he was too young 
to be sent to Azkaban.  He let Aragog escape before anyone saw him. 
(CoS ch. 13) Perhaps that is why in PoA (ch. 11)he was afraid to let 
Buckbeak escape.  He was "scared of breaking the law" and "didn't 
want to go back to Azkaban", having been there in CoS as a 
MoM "precaution" when the chamber reopened.

If it was a school punishment, then I can see Dumbledore allowing him 
to pick up his education where he left off, perhaps on summer breaks 
with the help of the teachers. With a brand new wand, of course.  

Ginger, 
who shudders to think of Snape teaching Hagrid potions