DADA teachers

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Bente13 at p... wrote:
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> if Snape wants it so badly, and if it's hard to find anyone else 
>who does, do you suppose there is a reason why Dumbledore doesn't 
>just give it to him and finds someone else to teach Potions? 

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Hi!  I'm a newbie too, so I hope my answer isn't old hat....I've 
always thought of two reasons why Snape hasn't been given the DADA 
position. 

(1) It may lie in WHY he wants the job - if Snape only wants the DADA 
position because of the prestige factor (or some other vague ego-
massaging reason), Dumbledore would probably want to keep Snape 
away.  We've never heard Snape's reason for wanting that position.  
Perhaps Dumbledore doesn't want to stir up any buried ego-to-
jealousy, jealousy-to-Deatheater feelings in Snape. 

(2) In PoA, Lupin said "This potion is the only thing that helps.  
I'm very lucky to be working alongside Professor Snape; there aren't 
many wizards who are up to making it."  So perhaps Dumbledore is 
keeping Snape in the position where Snape can do the most good (and 
where is true talents lie).  Perhaps it is in Hogwarts' best interest 
to have a truly talented Potions teacher than to switch Snape to DADA 
(because even though the DADA position is hard to fill/cursed, we've 
seen 4 different people teaching it...)?

And since Snape seems to be setting himself up for major intrigue in 
the next book, he'll probably barely have time to give to his Potions 
class, let alone pine for DADA.  I can hardly wait to see who will 
teach DADA in Harry's fifth year!