[HPforGrownups] Why so many unpopular teachers at Hogwarts?

[Liz Sager]

No: HPFGUIDX 32838

Jenny wrote:
<snips the huge bit about Trelawney>

I believe that there are people truly talented in the Divination 
field...Trelawney just isn't one of them, I think she takes a lot of shots 
in the dark during class, and can only go into a trance and make a true 
prediction when she thinks about it. Like during Harry's Divination exam in 
the third year, it was just her and Harry and she wasn't interested at that 
point in time at showing off, and the prediction and trance just came to 
her.

>Binns I imagine, has been at Hogwarts for a veeeeerrrrrryyyyyyy long
>time.  He may not be interesting, but he gets the facts out that his
>students need to know.  He's also dead now, but when he first started
>teaching, he may have had more energy.  :-)

I have compared Dead!Professor Binns to my eigth grade science teacher Mrs. 
Rogis. She has the droning voice and everything, she's just not dead. 
*snores* Its rather intriguing to think about what Alive!Professor Binns 
would be like. He was probably a bit like McGonagall, strict but still nice 
and fair to everyone.

>Snape, while not nice, actually seems to enjoy teaching Potions.  His
>introduction speech to Harry's first year class was quite poetic.
>There is also never a mention of Harry and his peers being bored with
>or disbelieving of the things Snape teaches.  Evidence of Snape's
>success at teaching, IMO, is when Hermione makes the Polyjuice Potion
>in CoS.  Snape may not have taught that in class, but Hermione knew
>enough about potions at that point to be able to brew a pretty
>complicated one on her own.

I believe that Snape, however grouchy and mean he may be, is a perfectly 
competent teacher. He knows his stuff, and teaches it well. I've compared 
Snape to my Environmental science teacher last year. I had him for that 
class and homeroom, and I didn't like him, but I still managed to learn a 
lot in his class and put my learnings to good use.

>I can't really see Snape or Trelawney saying "Okay, everyone. Let's talk 
>about that article in "The Daily Prophet" about Sirius Black.  How do you 
>think he escaped?"

LOL that would have hapenned in my World Geography class last year. I loved 
Mr. Butler to death but he had an opinion and idea for everything, and every 
opinion and idea had a story to go with it...its amazing we ever got 
anything done. :P

Liz

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