Re: hagrid back at hogwarts


mewthree wrote:
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Thom Madura wrote:
IMS wrote:

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:17:13 GMT, "mewthree" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


can't see why hagrid can't carry on his training. maybe he could train
with
harry as his teacher.



....unless Hogwarts has an age limit.....


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OR doesn't accept giants as students.

It has already been established that Hagrid had been accepted as a
student at Hogwarts... besides it would be incorrect to describe him as
a giant. His half-brother Grawp is a giant. Hagrid is a half-giant
because his mother was a giant, but his father wasn't a Muggle, he was
a wizard (and that is where he inherited his magical ability from). So,
Hagrid is a wizard/giant.


as i mentioned earlier, calling hagrid wizard/giant does not make sense as
the two are not in the same "class"? to get to the point i would call
hagrid, human/giant with magical abilities. when we talk about wizards/witch
we talk about humans with magical abilities. if hagrid got musical abilities
from his father would one describe him as musician / giant? i think not. i
think that as far as i know that giant do not have magical abilities, but if
they could. would some one who is half human and got magical abilities from
their giant side, be called human/ wizard?

giants are giants, humans are humans, having magical abilities does not
change the class they are in.

<sigh> I agree with you. You seem to have misinterpreted my point
though. The arguement had been proposed that perhaps Hogwarts doesn't
accept giants as students; I pointed out 1. Hagrid already was accepted
to Hogwarts as a student and 2. He isn't a full-blooded giant anyway,
so even if that were the case, it wouldn't bar him from attending. Of
course his father was a human, making him half human as well. But I
didn't want to just say "human" because that can include: squib,
Muggle, Muggle-born, Half-blood, Pure-blood. I thought it my meaning
would be more clear if I used the term "wizard" as I only referred to
his magical talent in regards to his acceptance at Hogwarts. The focus
seems to be on his mother's side, (making him a half-giant) but since
his father was a wizard, he has magical talent too, so therefore he had
an invitation extended to attend school there.

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