Hagrid and non-verbal spells

[Rachel Crofut]

No: HPFGUIDX 151555

>SteveMac:
>We've also seen that Hagrid has full access to the school and has
>looked up things in the library if he needs information... it might
>have been that he needed info on how to perform non-verbal magic and
>taught himself.

Rachel:
As much as I love Hagrid, I'm not sure if he's clever enough to teach 
himself non-verbal spells.  IMO, Dumbledore may have taught Hagrid 
non-verbal spells so that he could help out around the grounds without 
getting in trouble for using magic because, obviously, no one would hear him 
speaking spells.  I think Dumbledore always knew it wasn't Hagrid who opened 
the Chamber and felt bad that Dippet expelled him, and so tried to help him 
out anyway he could.
~ Rachel