Snape, Hagrid and Animals

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 143787


> Magpie:
> 
> That's hardly the attitude with which to approach a class of 13-
year-olds on 
> dangerous animals.  I went to classes involving less-dangerous 
animals as a 
> kid and believe me, that was not the way it went, especially since 
no class 
> of kids or adults has everyone listening all the time.  But even 
if Hagrid 
> was being heard, that's not the utmost clarity at all. That's more 
the way 
> you warn your friend to not touch your beer than the way you teach 
a kid to 
> deal with a giant fanged predator.

a_svirn:
I confess, I am a little baffled with your argumentation. First, you 
acknowledge that the children in question are around 13 year-old, 
and then you say something about warning not to touch your teddy-
bear – surely an altercation that belongs to the nursery? What's 
more, with your friend you are on the equal social footing, which 
makes his or her utterances somewhat lacking in the illocutive power 
department. When, however, an adult, and a teacher at that, tells 
you – very clearly – that insulting hippogriffs may well prove 
fatal, you have only yourself to blame if you disregard his warning. 
Compare with Dumbledore's warning about the forbidden corridor in 
PS. 

> Magpie:
> I definitely don't think this was the way Hagrid was thinking.  It 
doesn't 
> seem like he even considered the idea that someone would get hurt 
to prove 
> his point, he just didn't (continues to not) consider the animals 
hurting 
> people as a possibility he really has to focus on.  If this was 
Hagrid's 
> attitude it sounds like getting somebody hurt was the point of the 
class.

a_svirn:
Then why he was so devastated having achieved his ambition?