Hagrid's wand

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 105347

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> wrote:
> Did Hagrid get the official OK to practice magic after he was cleared 
> of the charge of opening the COS?  Or is he still forced to use 
> his "umbrella?"
> 
> Angie

Asian_lovr2:

I think the key to your question is the "Offical OK". Hagrid has
gotten an UNofficial OK from Dumbledore to use magic in his
association with the school. And the people who know Hagrid well have
alway conviniently looked the other way when he performed magic. 

But in OotP the Ministry was not in such a friendly mood and they
would have seized any excuse to  persecute some one close to
Dumbledore. Hagrid says as much when he tells Harry/Ron/Hermione about
his visit to the giants.

I think what has to happen, and I am confident that NOW it will
finally happen, is that the Ministry has to issue an official ruling
seting aside or reversing Hagrid's previous conviction.

Then Hagrid can buy a new wand, and be a full unrestricted wizard.

I do not think Hagrid needs to go back to school. He has training up
through 3rd year which grounds him in the basics, and he has 50 years
experience working at the best wizard's school in Europe. I think that
is sufficient to qualify him as a wizard.

I believe that OWLs and NEWT do not certify YOU as a wizard, they
certify your SKILLS as as wizard, and therefore are needed by
prospective employers to determine job qualifications, but NOT
required by law to be a fully-fledged wizard. So, simply being over
the age of majority and not having any restrictions on your ability to
do magic is sufficient to be a wizard.

Just my opinion.

Steve/asian_lovr2