An Unexpected DADA (Why Dumbledore doesn't let Snape teach DADA)

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 16775

Swirly Head:"I agree with this. I also think it's partly due to the 
fact that Snape used to be a Death Eater. No matter how much 
Dumbledore trusts him, I think that perhaps some of the other 
professors/people at the Ministry wouldn't be happy with a former DE 
teaching young, impressionable wizards and witches about the Dark 
Arts.

Snape is a recovering Death Eater, and, like other recovering people, 
he will never be recovered fully.  Would you give a recovering 
alcoholic the keys to the liquor storeroom?  It's not a quesiton of 
trust.  

I got the impression that a lot of other people (like Fudge) aren't 
even that aware Snape was a DE.  The teachers mostly know, though, and 
even the ones that don't know wouldn't want Mr. Nasty teaching DADA.