Late in the topic but oh well, teaching

[kris403 at yahoo.com]

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Hi, I'm new, so sorry if this is really late or been discussed.

Ender wrote in about planning times for the teachers.  Planning is a pain.  I am a teacher, and the difficult lesson plans take a lot of time to prepare.  Not to mention gathering up all the things you need.  It probably wasn't easy for Lupin to find all his wonderful creatures, or Snape to organize exactly how to teach the students to mix a potion without blowing it up.  Not only do you have to plan for the lesson itself, but exactly how you are going to go through each step to avoid discipline problems.  My students are bad enough, I couldn't imagine if they had wands.  The teachers are also required to do additional duties... detention, be the head of their house, organize additional events.   They are also required to be somewhat of an adoptive parent.  There are probably loads of social problems that we are never aware of.  I am also pretty sure that there are more teachers at Hogwarts than what we know about now.  It wasn't until the 3rd book that we met Trelawney.

Kris