[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore as Headmaster

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 2698


> I believe that Dumbledore is wise, and that he is earned the respect he
> is given by the wizarding world (and the thwarted snarls behind his back
> he gets from the Deatheaters).  So what's up with his bad faculty
> picks?  Well, I suppose he can't be blamed for Barty Crouch, Jr.--he
> hired someone else, after all.

True, but I find really hard to believe that if Moody and AD were as close
as the text implies, that it took him all year to realise that he was an
impostor.  Surely Barty must have made some mistakes?

>But Gilderoy Lockhart?

CoS reckons that he was the only applicant for the job (although we're also
told that Snape wanted it, so why is Lockhart better than Snape?).

Trelawney?
> Snape?  Bad luck, distraction, or some other mysterious design?

Well, there's lots about Snape that we don't know yet, so maybe the answer
to that one is coming up.  He appears to be implacably opposed to Voldemort,
and a strong wizard as well, two good reasons for AD wanting him around.
Also, while he's a complete bastard, he is very good at Potions, there's no
denying it.

> Or maybe the teachers who are so terrible (Snape, Trelawney) were hired
> by his predecessor and have tenure and he can't get rid of them?
>
> (Do English/Scottish schools HAVE tenure?)

I don't believe so, but I'm told teaching unions make it quite difficult to
sack teachers except in extreme circumstances.  Don't know if that applies
to Hogwarts though.


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