Thursday, August 29, 2013

Harry Potter Moment of the Week (10): Favorite Teacher

Harry Potter Moment of the Week is a meme hosted by Uncorked Thoughts. The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/films/J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related! A list of upcoming topics can be found here.

This week's topic is:
Favorite Teacher

This is quite a hard topic! There are so many great and badarse teachers at Hogwarts! I love almost all of them. The first person I thought of automatically when I heard about this topic was Remus Lupin. Even though his stay as a teacher at Hogwarts was short, he was so important to Harry's success. For crying out loud, he taught Harry how to use his Patronus, which is arguably the most useful spell he ever learned. It saved him and his friends numerous times. Harry even passed it on to Dumbledore's Army. Remus was a great man with a dark past; he was a tortured soul, if you will. He even gave his life for the greater good of the wizarding world! What more could you ask for?

As I continued to ponder this prompt, however, I discovered that no matter how much I absolutely love Lupin, there is only one man that was a better teacher. Hagrid. Hagrid was there for Harry from the very beginning to the very end and everywhere in between. He has the biggest heart and his loyalty never wavered. When Hagrid was finally given a teaching position at Hogwarts, I couldn't have been happier for him. He deserved it so much! Hagrid always did what his friends needed him to do, and he never thought of himself. He loved any creature he saw; Hagrid never judged anyone or anything based on appearance. He taught us that what's on the inside is what truly counts and that loyalty and love are the greatest things you can give.

12 comments:

  1. I love this one :) Yes both of these were instrumental in Harry's success!

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  2. Great pick! I love both Lupin and Hagrid and I enjoyed reading about them a lot. Both were great teachers even though Hagrid's techniques were a little odd sometimes. :)

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    1. Thanks. I had a really hard time choosing between the two of them. :)

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  3. Both awesome choices. I don't know who I would pick. I guess Lupin because he's just amazing. Definitely a great guy with a lot of layers to him.

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    1. It was a close one, but I felt like Hagrid doesn't get all the credit he deserves. :)

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  4. I LOVE Hagrid! But there are some quirky other professors that I liked.

    The herbs, plants lady and the fortune teller... damn I don't remember their names anymore! You know what I mean.

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    1. All of the teachers at Hogwarts were so awesome! It's too bad my letter got lost. I would have really enjoyed going to a school like that! :)

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  5. Awww yes, I agree so much :). I love both Lupin and Hagrid, it was so hard to pick just one this week! xx

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  6. Yeah I couldn't resist gushing over Lupin again either - he's such a special character and because of how important he was for Harry he'll always have a special place in my heart too ♥

    But Hagrid! How could I forget to give a shout out to Hagrid?! Fantastic choice! He was the one to rescue Harry as a baby, he found him years later and brought him back home into the magical community & Hogwarts itself! He stood by Harry always and like you when he was appointed as a teacher I was completely giddy because he deserved all of it and more (stupid Tom Riddle!)...and like you said, he was with Harry until the very end - loyal, brave and true :*)

    Brilliant picks Melissa^^

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    1. Thanks! Both of them were just so awesome, I had to mention them!

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