[HPforGrownups] Hagrid as Teacher (was Hagrid as animal abuser)

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 166250

In a message dated 3/16/07 11:07:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
justcarol67 at yahoo.com writes:


> , it's different with Hagrid. He has no
> teaching experience, not even a complete education

Sandy, who apologizes for so liberally snipping Carol's post:

This, to me, was *the* most ridiculous thing in the entire series. How can 
someone who has not completed their own education become a teacher? I am 
surprised that, Rowling being a former teacher herself, took this tack. Just because 
you know of or about something doesn't mean you are qualified to teach it.

I had my own real life experience with this. I took Spanish my first two 
years in high school, over four decades ago. However, my teacher was *not* a 
teacher. She was a Cuban refugee, having come to the U.S. after Castro took power, 
and was an architect by trade. She and her husband had a very prestigous 
architect business in Cuba. She, of course, spoke Spanish, but she was not 
qualified to teach it and had no teaching credentials, and she often sat in the 
classroom crying over the situation in Cuba and the loss of her business and wealthy 
lifestyle. I *really* wanted to learn how to speak Spanish, and think how 
helpful it would be now, but I came away from two years in a Spanish class 
knowing only how to count to 10 and wish you a Merry Christmas in Spanish, but I 
could tell you a lot about pre-Castro Cuba.

To bring this back on topic, the Hogwarts students suffered the same fate 
with Hagrid as their COMC teacher. They didn't learn what they needed to and 
should have, their teacher was morose, and their textbook was more dangerous than 
some of the actual creatures. Wonder if Hagrid got them in Knockturn Alley? I 
can't think he got them at Flourish and Blotts. Those books belonged in the 
restricted section of the Library. 

I like Hagrid, but he should never have been made a teacher, and I am with 
Carol in thinking that the job should be Grubbly-Planks'. Any speculation as to 
why DD gave the job to Hagrid when he had a fully qualified teacher available?

Sandy




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