Douglas hesitated no longer and took the matter upon himself.
Then he returned to the original question.
"Hagrid, what are your plans for the coming lessons? Could I have a look?"
Hagrid hurriedly got up and took out the teaching schedule he had written earlier.
"Aha, look at this... this is for the third years."
Douglas took the parchment and saw nothing but a list of names.
First, Hippogriffs; second, Augureys; third, Salamanders...
Hagrid explained beside him:
"I know all these little cuties really well, so I didn't write down the lesson content, but I'll have the students refer to The Monster Book of Monsters."
Douglas couldn't bear to read any further. Hagrid's understanding of how dangerous creatures were was even worse than Professor Kettleburn's.
At least Professor Kettleburn saved Salamanders for fifth-year lessons.
Seeing Hagrid point at a tied-up, green-covered book in the corner, he immediately understood. The book itself was about frightening creatures.
Douglas felt that he should have taken another look at Harry's school shopping list back at home.
He put down the parchment and looked earnestly at Hagrid.
"Hagrid, this is your teaching plan, and as a colleague, I shouldn't tell you how to do things.
"But as a friend, I have to say that this plan is terrible. It takes absolutely no account of third-year students' ability to understand things...
"I think you should first draw up a Care of Magical Creatures Classroom Code of Conduct, and have every student coming to the Forbidden Forest for lessons memorize it beforehand.
"And before every lesson, they must recite it, or you should lead them through it. Anyone who can't do that isn't allowed to attend. Don't forget, you're a professor now. That's a right you can exercise."
"Second, you should have the students learn about the