[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore and Lockhart

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 16266

Rachel Bray wrote:

> We discussed this in my class when we read CoS.  Someone
> asked why Dumbledore had hired Lockhart in the first place and then
> not fire him when it was obvious that he wasn't teaching anything
> substantial to the children (he had not read any of the other books,
> as we were required to read only CoS, but it was his guess that other
> teachers had/will taught/teach useful stuff).

But according to Hagrid, who was in a position to know, there were no
other applicants. What could Dumbledore do, but let Lockhart muddle
through and look on the bright side of what the students *did* get
exposed to? Who's to say that Dumbledore hadn't been spending an
inordinate amount of time sending owls to find someone for the next
year, when Lockhart's contract expired, or something like that?

--Amanda


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