The Dursleys, the Weasleys, Hagrid, and Snape: Nice people get a pass

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125073


Irene wrote:

Hagrid may be good source of moral support for Harry,
but if I had to choose an Order member (or a teacher)
between Hadrid or Snape, I would choose Snape any day.

Hagrid dumps his problems on the Trio constantly:
Norbert, Buckbeak trial, Grawp etc.

Need I mention a little incident with Fluffy?

As for teaching, he competes for the spot of worst
Hogwarts teacher with Binns and Trelawney. And it's
possible to argue that he wins the competition: you
can learn history of magic from the books, and it
appears that Trelawney teaches the techniques properly
for the interested students. But with the care of the
magical creatures, if your teacher failed you in
practical studies, then it was a wasted time. How
practical are flobberworms and double-ended newts?

vmonte responds:

It's a good thing they have Hagrid as a teacher IMO.

Harry learned how to fly a hypogriff from Hagrid, which came in handy 
when he and Hermione saved Sirius in PoA.

Harry learned what Thestrals were from hagrid, which also came in 
handy at the end of OOTP.

He taught Harry about the newtsamathings and they showed up in the 
GoF maze.

It seems to me that Hagrid's classes have been very helpful indeed.

Vivian