Snape, Hagrid and Animals

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 143776

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:


> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I understand your support of Hagrid, Sherry.  He's a sweet man who 
> never means to nearly kill the people (and animals) he nearly 
> kills.  But the fact of the matter is this: *no one* is taking 
NEWT 
> level CoMC precisely *because* Hagrid is the teacher, including 
his 
> number one supporters, Harry, Hermione, and Ron.  Someone up 
thread 
> suggested Luna might be willing to take a class with Hagrid (can't 
> remember who, sorry), but IIRC Luna stated in OotP that she and 
the 
> rest of Ravenclaw think Hagrid's bad teacher.  Harry was a bit 
> miffed at that, IIRC.
> 
> It's also a fact that Snape's NEWT level Potions class was quite 
> full, especially considering the stringent requirements he set 
> forth.  And no one, including Neville, dropped out of the NEWT 
level 
> DADA because Snape was the professor.

Oh yes oh yes oh yes.

Truthfully, and this is not a dig in any way to the Hagrid 
supporters, I actually wonder how many of them have kids of their 
own.  

The idea that Draco, who could have been killed, is completely at 
fault for what happens to him is absolutely ludicrous.  Draco makes 
a lot of trouble, sure, but he's still a kid, and he doesn't respect 
Hagrid for a reason.  And it's not just because Hagrid is half 
giant.  Hagrid is only marginally more educated than he is.  

As for Hagrid, he deliberately exposes his students to a horde of 
animals who he himself admits will KILL if "offended."  And, as 
we've said often enough, deliberately sends Harry and Ron into a 
spider's nest of his "pets" from which they barely escape with their 
lives.

Give. Me. Snape. Any. Day. As Betsy has pointed out, that's the 
choice all the students seem to have made.  And really, getting 
browbeaten whilst actually *learning* something is a damned site 
better than getting eaten alive by an enormous spider.

Hands up, all who disagree!  No one?  I thought not.