Duelling (was: What *are* the Dark Arts?

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 7796

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> 
wrote:

> No, that would be Charms. That's where they teach Hex-Deflection,
> for example. Flitwick is a former champion Dueler. Defensive magic,
> as opposed to fighting Evil, is part of the sport of Wizard 
> Dueling, which is taught in Charms classes. 

Do you have evidence that Dueling is taught in Charms class, or 
only logic on your side? You might be right, but I suspect that 
Dueling is taught not in any class of the curriculum, but in Dueling 
Clubs. Why did no adult but Lockhart try to sponsor a Dueling Club? 
Even if traditionally the DADA teacher is the Dueling Club sponsor, 
they've had such a succession of DADA teachers who were unfit to 
sponsor a Dueling Club (with the possible exception of 'Mad-Eye 
Moody', and perhaps Harry was too busy with the Tournament to notice 
if there were a Dueling Club going on), that the students' education 
is suffering, and *some* student should have been trying to persuade 
*some* adult to sponsor a Dueling Club -- why not Snape? In the 
episode with Lockhart, he showed that he knew what he was doing.