Hagrid and Snape's teaching method

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 143910

 
> Sherry:
snip
 i've always felt that whole thing was his fault, 
> and as
> the adult, he should have come forward and said something.  yes, 
the 
> kids
> would still have been out of bounds and lost points and gotten 
> detention,
> but perhaps it wouldn't have been as bad. 
> 
> Magpie:
> 
> Yes!  But that's central to Hagrid's personality.  Here he is in a 
> situation where he's acting completely inappropriately, not taking 
> responsibility as an adult when he should have, dragging the kid 
into 
> something illegal he's doing, expecting them to lie for him, and 
> never seeming to consider this wrong.  > 


Potioncat:
Wow, this puts a different spin on things. I snipped the part about 
Ron delaying getting care for the bite because he doesn't want to get 
Hagrid in trouble. Now, look at his from Draco's standpoint. Not only 
is he in trouble because of Hagrid's dragon, he gets detention with 
the oaf...in the Forbidden Forest!

I never could decide "who" assigned that detention. I'm starting to 
wonder if Hagrid wasn't being punished as well.

Potioncat...not sure how she ended up defending Draco of all things 
or of calling Hagrid an oaf.