CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady

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Geoff:
> As a Headmaster, Dumbledore is responsible for what his staff are doing and
> therefore answerable to the Governors and, in a UK situation, to the LEA (Local
> Education Authority) and nowadays Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education).
> 
> When I was a young teacher, I had a great Head who taught me mpre about the
> class room than any lecturer at College. His initial approach was to suggest to 
> me that I took on a particular class or task and then pose the question "Are y
> ou all right with this? Do you want any advice or more information?"

Pippin:
It would help if  Hagrid were open to tactful advice. In his case, I'm afraid it would be like making subtle suggestions to a hurricane. I do agree that the staff is Dumbledore's responsibility, and I think under normal circumstances a requisition for six hippogriffs would have raised some eyebrows if not actual alarm. But DD and the rest of the staff had reason to be pre-occupied considering Sirius's escape and ministry's plans to defend the school with dementors.

It doesn't sound as if the WW had any formal training for teachers. But if there was, I doubt Hagrid would have been eligible. If the Ministry was in charge, you can bet that purity of blood and impressive numbers of NEWTs would have been valued over anything Hagrid had to offer.

Pippin