Hogwarts teachers' love life WAS: Canon citation requested

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 178534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
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> > Magpie:
> > But you do know about Tonks/Lupin and Hagrid/Maxime. It's not all 
> > teachers we don't know about--or perhaps it's better to say it's 
> just 
> > obviously that it's not a rule that we *can't* know about them. 
> 
...> 
> Alla:
> 
> Having said that I certainly agree with Hagrid being exception from 
> the rule, since it is cold hard canon fact. Therefore while I find 
> Hagrid to be the **only** exception from that rule ( that we get to 
> hear about teachers' love life), I do agree that if there is one 
> exception, it is not really a valid rule in book universe - e.g if 
> we can know about Hagrid's love life, why not Dumbledore's.
> 
...
> 
> But again, I concede that because of Hagrid my rule is not working.
>
>
Amontillada:

So it doesn't qualify as a "rule." However, Hagrid is often portrayed
as a distinctly atypical teacher. Students and alumni like the
Malfoys, for example, call attention to the times when he acts or, in
particular, plans classes in unexpected ways.

We don't know whether or not the lack of romantic behavior is typical
of teachers in other cultures. We see only two teachers, one each from
Beauxbatons and Durmstrang--no comparison to know which of their
qualities are "typical" of their respective schools or home cultures.

Sherry