Snape after the DADA job (was rants about the sorting hat)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Sofie wrote:
> 
> > I though that one of the twins told Harry and Ron that Snape 
wanted
> > the DADA job and joked that they were surprised that Snape hadn't
> > tried to kill Quirrel?
> 
> I don't know about the last bit, but Percy was the first to mention 
it,
> and told Harry and Ron something like "everyone knows Snape is 
after the
> Defense Against the Dark Arts job." But this is precisely my point. 
All
> we actually know is that "everyone" knows this. We have no evidence 
that
> it is the truth, from Snape, Dumbledore, or anyone. It's just a 
rumor,
> so skillfully intwined and reinforced that most of us think, yeah, 
Snape
> wants it. But we don't have anything to go on but the rumorings of
> students.
> 
> --Amanda
> 
> 

IMO the "fact" that Snape wants the DADA job has got to be just a 
student enforced rumor.  If you think about (which I'm sure you all 
do) if Snape really wanted that job, he would have gotten it 
already.  After every year a new DADA teacher has been needed.  All 
Snape would have to do would be to go to Dumbledore and offer himself 
for that job, then Dumbledore would just have to search for a new 
Potions master rather than a new DADA professor.
~Laura