Thestrals Seen by 4th Years (was Re: Boggart/ Patronus Musings - Quote Lupin)

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 105636

> halli:
>   Slightly off topic, but I just wanted to mention something thats 
> been bugging me for awhile, and it seems to fit here. Hagrid said 
he 
> waited for their 5th year to show them the thestrals, but Ginny and 
> Luna knew all about them, which gives me the idea that teachers 
like 
> Hagrid and Lupin (and all the defense teachers for that matter)- 
> newer teachers- don't have a ordered curiculm and just teach all 
the 
> kids the same thing, regardless of their year, just to simplfy 
> things a bit.

Ginger takes a stab at it:

For what it's worth, I have wondered the same thing regarding the 
lesson plans, especially the DADA teachers.

As for Luna and the Thestrals, I think the answer may lie in the fact 
that Luna has been able to see them since she got there.  Either she 
knew before she got there (perhaps Dad prepared her?) or she asked 
once she got there and found that she was the only one, or one of 
only a few, of her peers who could see them.  For all we know, she 
may have told Ginny about them.  

Just a guess, Ginger