Hagrid as teacher WASRe: Dumbledore as a judge of character

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No: HPFGUIDX 166105

 Magpie:
> So Hagrid would have been an excellent teacher of adolescents if
only he
> hadn't had to teach actual 13-year-olds. (Hey, Draco would have
been a model
> student if not for Hagrid, one might as well say. He seems to do
just fine
> with other teachers.) Hagrid has his own talents, but his lack of
talents as
> a teacher
> are all his own and can't be blamed on Draco or any other mildly
> disagreeable child--that's part of the job of being a teacher. His
> shortcomings as an authority figure are also his own, and have
been since
> the beginning of the series. I don't think Luna's "We in Ravenclaw
think
> he's a bit of a joke" have anything to do with residual trauma
over Draco
> whispering in class that day. On the contrary, when the Trio have
trouble
> with Hagrid's teaching it usual revolves around things they
consider all
> Hagrid.


Alla:

Why I always feel compel to defend Hagrid whom I find rather bland
character, I do not know, but I do.

I think Hagrid has plenty of his own shortcomings as a teacher,
independent of Draco or anybody else, absolutely.

But I also think that what Draco did to him cannot be underestimated
IMO of course.

That was malicious frame up I believe and as Bart said second frame
up in Hagrid life.

The first one caused him magical education, the second one, well we
all know what it caused Hagrid.

So, **regardless** of Hagrid's own problems as teacher, yeah, I
believe he was traumatised a plenty by what Draco did during that 
lesson and later on that year.

JMO,

Alla