Order of Phoenix - - Binns -- Employment at Hogwarts

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Someone wrote: 

> > I think ..the OoP is an ancient secret society that fights dark 
> > wizards.  [snip] I don't think  that Dumbledore is 
> > a member of the OoP, but someone else at Hogwarts  is 

This was my first thought but I am finding myself doubting it now 
because it would be too predictable, too similar to the Jedi. I 
really think that Rowling, if she is wise and I think she is, will 
work hard to avoid Yoda and Jedi parallels.

It is intriguing though. What else could it be? I suspect that Fawkes 
will become very important, and we are going to learn yet more about 
phoenixes and their magical powers. I would like to hazard a guess 
that the OoP does not yet exist-- but will soon.

I also ocassionally wonder if the title is one big red herring... 
hehehehheheh.


> I find this highly doubtful.  Frankly, Binns really annoys me.  
> Dumbledore is really giving this class short shrift to have it 
taught 
> by an instructor who seems to cover nothing that happened more 
> recently than several hundred years earlier (focusing mostly on 
> Goblin rebellions).  

God, I agree with this! I really have to wonder about how Dumbledore 
makes some of his staffing decisions. IS it really that difficult to 
find teachers at Hogwarts?? Considering that Wizards do not have 
Universities, I would think that this would be very prestigious and 
competitive. I could see the difficulty of filling the DADA position--
 people likely feel it is cursed or something-- but I would imagine 
that there would be many people who could admirably handle the 
History of Magic and really do it justice.

BTW I think there must have been something about the chamber that 
made it impregnable even to ghosts. Binns wasn't the only ghost who 
failed to help in finding it.


Suzanne